Sweet Pickings Rose: Growth Habit & Growing Tips

Key facts

Growth habit

Miniature

Breeder

Cecilia L. D. Bennett

Listed for

United States

Overview

Sweet Pickings is a miniature rose by Cecilia L. D. Bennett, patented in 1989 as PP6788. The pale pink flowers carry about 30 to 35 petals and measure around 1.4 to 1.8 in (3.5 to 4.5 cm). Plants grow about 24 to 36 in (61 to 91 cm), tall enough to cut short stems from.

Sweet Pickings traits

• Pale pink flowers
• About 30 to 35 petals per bloom
• Blooms around 1.4 to 1.8 in (3.5 to 4.5 cm)
• Plants about 24 to 36 in (61 to 91 cm) tall

Good for

• Container growing
• Small cut posies
• Front of borders

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Sweet Pickings FAQ

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every rose variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

• Rose growing guide
• How to Prune Roses: When to Cut and How Hard
• Types of Roses: How the Group Decides the Pruning
• Rose Problems: Black Spot, Powdery Mildew and Aphids
• How to Care for Roses: Feeding, Watering and Deadheading
• Rose Growing Calendar: What to Do in Each Season
• Overwintering Roses: Protecting the Graft and the Canes
• All 309 rose varieties

Source

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.