''Rosa'' 'Blueberry Hill', (aka Wekcryplag ), is a

floribunda rose Floribunda (Latin for "many-flowering") is a modern group of garden roses that was developed by crossing hybrid teas with polyantha roses, the latter being derived from crosses between '' Rosa chinensis'' and ''Rosa multiflora'' (sometimes c ...

cultivar, bred by

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 into the United States by Weeks Rose Growers in 1997. The plant was created from hybrid tea, 'Crystalline' and floribunda, 'Playgirl'. The cultivar won a

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in 2002.

Description

'Blueberry Hill' is a medium bushy shrub, 3 to 4 ft (90–121 cm) in height with a 3 to 4 ft (90–121 cm) spread. Blooms are large, 4—5 in (10–12 cm) in diameter, with 12 to 15 petals. The plant bears small clusters of semi-double flowers with a flat to cupped bloom form. Buds are large, long and pointed. The flowers are a mauve blend with shades of lavender. The rose has a moderate, apple, fruity fragrance and large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 'Blueberry Hill' is very disease resistant. It blooms in flushes from spring through fall. The plants does well in

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zone 5 to 9.

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).

'Blueberry Hill'

'Blueberry Hill' was developed by Carruth and introduced into the

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by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 1997. The stock parents of this rose are the

Hybrid tea rose Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Hybrid Perpetuals with the tall, elegant Tea roses. T ...

, 'Crystalline' and the Floribunda, 'Playgirl'. The cultivar was used to develop five new rose varieties: 'Memorial Day' (2001), 'Neptune' (2003), 'Wild Blue Yonder' (2004), 'Koko Loco' (2010), and 'Love Song 2011' (2011). 'Blueberry Hill' has won multiple regional awards in the

, including the

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Rose Society Show in 1999, the Garden State (

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) Rose Club in 2000 and the California Coastal Rose Society Rose Show in 2001.

International Awards

, (2002)

Notes

References

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