Patent Pick: Lemon Rose

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A rose by any other name would be ... lemon? The inventor on this patent application has developed a yellow rose variety that emits a lemon fragrance.

Rosa hybrida shrub, "AUSwhisper"
U.S. Patent Application 20160057902
Publication date: Feb. 25, 2016
Assignee: David Austin Roses Ltd.

Disclosed in this patent application is a novel variety of rose shrub named "AUSwhirl."

This rose is described as having a yellow bloom with a strong, unfading color and the petals of which are informal and have a neat outer ring.

Interestingly, this rose has a strong, distinctly lemon fragrance.

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