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'BENswise' rose Description
'Dejá Blu ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Sarah's North Texas Garden
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Mauve or mauve blend Mini-Flora.
Registration name: BENswise
Exhibition name: Dejá Blu ™
Origin:
Bred by Frank A. Benardella (United States, before 2001).
Introduced in United States by Nor' East Miniature Roses in 2008 as 'Dejá Blu'.
Class:
Mini-Flora.  
Bloom:
Mauve to fuchsia / magenta.  20 to 33 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium-large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, exhibition, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, compact, thornless (or almost), upright, well-branched.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 22" to 34" (55 to 85cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, exhibition, garden, hedge or specimen.  Hardy.  vigorous.  benefits from winter protection in colder climates.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,283  on  14 Sep 2010   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/322,228  on  30 Jan 2009
Inventors: Benardella; Frank (Millstone Township, NJ)
Assignee: Nor'East Miniature Roses (Arroyo Grande, CA)
his new variety is from a single seedling originated by Frank A. Benardella under controlled conditions in a greenhouse in Millstone Township (formerly Englishtown), N.J., by crossing the following two rose plants: .cndot. The seed parent is `KORivo` (not patented), a floribunda rose with cream-ivory flowers. .cndot. The pollen parent is `KORmulen` (not patented; trade name, Laguna), a red hybrid tea rose.
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