Family : Rosaceae
Class : Floribunda
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Mario Beltramini
Created in USA by Tom Carruth before 1996 and diffused in America since 1997, ‘Scentimental’ is a successful Floribunda, known also as ‘Scentimental Sunflor’.
Vigourous shrub, with bright medium green foliage, that may surpass the metre of height and breadth.
Flowers usually in small clusters, with even 12 cm of diametre and 25-36 petals to say the least transgressive, fuchsia red with white-pinkish cream streaks, intrusive, sometimes predominant. They have an intense spiced raspberry fragrance with notes of the old Damask rose.
Showy spots of colour in the garden during all the vegetative period and an unusual ornament for the house as cut flower.
Variety denomination : WEKplapep
Parentage :
‘Playboy’ × ‘Peppermint Twist’
Awards :
1997 - All-America Rose Selection Rose Trials
1999 - New Zealand Novelty Award - New Zealand Certificate of Merit
1999 - Floribunda Spray: Kern County Rose Society Show - Floribunda (One Bloom): Buckeye District Show, Denver Rose Society Show, Great Lakes District Show, Greater Fort Myers Rose Society Show, Illinois/Indiana District Show, Jersey Shore Rose Society Show, Los Angeles Rose Society Show, Nebraska State Rose Society Show, New York State Fair Show, Northern California/Nevada/Hawaii District Show, Tyler Rose Society Show
2000 - Floribunda Spray: Bay Country Rose Society Show, North Bay Rose Society Show - Floribunda (One Bloom): East Bay Rose Society Show, Garden State Rose Club (New Jersey) Show, Grosse Pointe Rose Society Show, Redwood Empire Rose Society Show, South Coast Rose Society Show, Temecula Valley Rose Society Show
2001 - Floribunda Spray: Birmingham Rose Society Spring Show, Monterey Bay Rose Society Show - Floribunda (One Bloom): Garden Club of Marion Show, Greater Atlanta Rose Society Show, Lincoln Rose Society Show, Louisville Rose Society Show, Mid-Michigan Rose Society Show, Millen Rose Society Show, Mother Lode Rose Society Show, Nebraska State Rose Society Show, Northern California/Nevada/Hawaii District Show, San Diego Rose Society Show, Syracuse Rose Society Show
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