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'Conquest' rose Description
'Conquest (floribunda, Harkness -1994)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
20 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: HARbrill
Exhibition name: Conquest
Origin:
Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, before 1994).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1994 as 'Conquest'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Yellow.  Mild, spice fragrance.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy.  Medium, glossy, light green foliage.  

Height: 31" (80cm).  Width: 2' (60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  
Patents:
European Union - Patent No: 343  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950506  on  3 Aug 1995
First commercialisation in EU: 25/05/1994.
Expiry of protection on June 1, 2019.
Ploidy:
Diploid
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