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Oprah's
Legends™ Rose |
 Oprah
Winfrey names the Legends™ rose in honor of 25
influential African-American women (the honorees are listed
below)
and is featured on the cover of the May issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine.
Legends™ is a full, bushy plant with enormous,
glowing, rich red flowers sitting atop long cutting
stems with proportionally large, reddish-green leaves.
Each bud opens to become a many-petalled, ruffled bloom.
A single petal will cover a child’s palm, and a single
bloom can create an entire bouquet.
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Photo by Rich Baer
(c) 2008 used courtesy of Weeks Roses. Click
image to enlarge. |
"Just like the
Legends. Each rose is vibrant and strong; the
petals are so large that you need only a couple
of blooms to make a bouquet."
Oprah |
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Photo by Gene Sasse (c) 2008 used courtesy of
Weeks Roses. Click image to enlarge. |
Photo by Gene Sasse (c) 2008 used courtesy of
Weeks Roses. Click image to enlarge. |
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Legends™
plants will be available in the Spring of 2009
which will give gardeners plenty of time to select
the right spot for planting this amazing rosebush.
It needs a sunny spot in well-drained soil, and
should be placed where the color, size, and number
of blooms will stun the neighbors! Plants will be
available at nurseries and garden centers
nationwide, and from selected mailorder sources at
the correct planting time.
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Height/Habit: Medium-tall/Upright
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Bloom/Size:
Massive, full & ruffled
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Petal
Count: Near 30
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Fragrance: Moderate fruity
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Hybridizer: Carruth - 2009
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Parentage: (City of San Francisco x
Olympiad) x [Amalia x (Ingrid Bergman x All That
Jazz)]
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Comments:
'Legends’ produces extraordinarily large
blooms.
To learn more about the
Legends™ rose and the women it honors, visit the Legends™ website at
www.legendsrose.com.
Legends™ Honorees:
Maya
Angelou, Shirley Caesar, Diahann Carroll, Elizabeth
Catlett, Ruby Dee, Katherine Dunham, Roberta Flack,
Aretha Franklin, Nikki Giovanni, Dorothy Height,
Lena Horne, Coretta Scott King, Gladys Knight, Patti
LaBelle, Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Leontyne Price,
Della Reese, Diana Ross, Naomi Sims, Tina Turner,
Cicely Tyson, Alice Walker, Dionne Warwick and Nancy
Wilson,
more...
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