Rose plant

Abstract

A low-growing hardy bush rose of the Floribunda type, raised as an outdoor seedling for garden decoration. The plant is bushy and vigorous, blooming almost continuously during the growing season. No evidence of susceptability to mildew has been observed, with respect to plants grown in Southern California. The peduncles have numerous stipitate glands and numerous fine hairs. The blooms are produced freely to abundantly and are double in character, numbering from 35-45 petals plus 3-8 petaloids. The bloom is a rich orange scarlet and it manifests an unusual degree of color stability, showing very little change or fading from the opening of the bud until the petals fall. It has a slight fruity fragrance.

I claim: 
     
       1. The new and distinct variety of Floribunda bush rose plant substantially as herein illustrated and described, which is characterized most especially in its high resistance to mildew and in that the rich orange scarlet color of its blooms persists substantially without change from the opening of the bud until the petals fall, said blooms being double, with from about 35 to about 45 petals and from six to eight petaloids.