Rosa 'Rockin Robin'
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''Rosa'' 'Rockin Robin' (aka WEKboroco) is a pink, red, and white striped shrub rose rose cultivar, bred by American rose breeder,
Tom Carruth Tom Carruth is an American rose hybridizer, who has created more than 100 rose varieties, including eleven All-America Rose Selections (AARS). He is currently the E.L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose Collections at the Huntington Library ...
, and introduced by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower in 1997.


Description

'Rockin Robin' is a medium, bushy, spreading shrub rose, 4.25 in to 5.25 ft (130–160 cm) in height, and a 47 in to 4.7 ft (120–140 cm) spread. Petals are small to medium in size, with blooms of 2.75 in (7 cm) in diameter on average. Flowers have a cupped, globular form, with 26 to 40 petals, and bloom in small clusters. Flowers are pink, red and white in color with a striped pattern. The rose has a mild apple fragrance. The plant blooms continuously throughout the growing season. It is very disease and mildew resistant. It has small, semi-glossy, leathery foliage.


History


Tom Carruth

Carruth began his career at
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rose nursery in 1975. He worked at the company for three years before being hired by Armstrong nursery in southern
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. He worked at Armstrong for seven years, working with rose hybridizer, Jack Christensen. In 1986, Carruth began working at Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower. He worked at Weeks for twenty six years, and was the nursery's rose hybridizer from 1989 until his retirement in 2012. During his forty-year career, Carruth introduced more than 100 rose varieties, including eleven All-America Rose Selections (AARS).


'Rockin Robin'

'Rockin Robin' was created by Carruth and introduced into the
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by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 1997. The stock parents of this rose variety are the shrub rose 'Bonica' and the miniature red climber, 'Roller Coaster'. The cultivar won an award at the
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Rose Society Show in 1998.


See also

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Garden roses Garden roses are predominantly Hybrid (biology), hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. An ...
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Rose Hall of Fame The Rose Hall of Fame contains roses considered world favourites by a vote of members of the World Federation of Rose Societies. Inductees are announced every three years at World Rose Conventions. Additionally, popular historical roses and roses ...
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List of Award of Garden Merit roses The following is a selected list of rose variety (botany), varieties and cultivars which currently (2017) hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. List of roses This sortable list allows users to view roses alphabetically by b ...


References

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