';"Highway 290 Pink Buttons"

"Highway 290 Pink Buttons"

(Pronounced: HIGH-way PINK BUT-tons)

ALSO KNOWN AS:

"Highway 290 Pink Buttons"

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"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" is a found rose that is widely distributed over south central Texas. It forms a small compact bush with numerous tiny, very double, bright pink blooms.

GENERAL
INFORMATION:
"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" is a found rose, originally collected along U.S. 290, that occurs throughout central and southTexas. The small (1/2" to 1"), very double rosy-pink blooms are produced constantly. The bloom starts slowly in the spring.

"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" makes a fine low border or pot plant.

BOTANICAL
GROUP:
Synstylae

GROUP:
Found

CLASS:
Min

SEED
PARENT:
Unknown

POLLEN
PARENT:
Unknown

BREEDER:
Unknown

INTRODUCED:
"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" was introduced by the Antique Rose Emporuim in 1990.

DATE:
Unknown [ United States ]

PLANT SIZE
AND FORM:
Height:    1 '     to    3 '           Width:    1 '     to    2 '

"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" forms a compact twigy bush approximately 1' to 2' in height.

FOLIAGE
DESCRIPTION:
The foliage is medium green and small.

FOLIAGE
FRAGRANCE:
None.

BLOOM
FREQUENCY:
R - Repeat."Highway 290 Pink Button" starts blooming in the late spring (May in the Texas Hill Country) and continues blooming in cycles through the summer and fall until frost.

BLOOM
DESCRIPTION: Flower Size:    .50"      to      .75"           Cluster Size:    2      to      5           Petal Count:    35 to 40

"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" flowers are very small (3/4" - 1"), and double.

BLOOM
COLOR:
MP - Medium Pink. "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" blooms are a bright rosy-pink and show no tendency to fade.

COLOR VARIATION:
None.

FRAGRANCE:
NF - Not fragrant. "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" has no fragrance.

HIPS:
None observed.

CLIMATE:
Zones 7 - 9

CULTURE:
"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" is very healthy and will tolerate poorer soils. It responds well to pruning.

PROPAGATION:
"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" is easily propagated from cuttings.

OTHER
CHARACTERISTICS:

    ** Tolerant of poorer soils
    ** Good for bedding or mass plantings
    ** Suitable for hedging and fence rows
    ** Suitable for growing in pots
    ** Availability is limited
"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" well suited to growing in borders or containers.

ANECDOTAL
INFORMATION:
"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" may react to stress by aborting its buds before they open.

Some gardeners have reported having this plant in at their family homesites for more than a century.

REFERENCES:
Antique Rose Emporium. The Antique Rose Emporium 1988 Catalog. Independence, Texas: Antique Rose Emporium. 1988, p. 5.

Welch, William C.. Antique Roses for the South. Dallas: Taylor Publishing. 1990, pp. 1139.

GENERAL INFORMATION:	"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" is a found rose, originally collected along U.S. 290, that occurs throughout central and southTexas. The small (1/2" to 1"), very double rosy-pink blooms are produced constantly. The bloom starts slowly in the spring. "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" makes a fine low border or pot plant.
BOTANICAL GROUP:	Synstylae
GROUP:	Found
CLASS:	Min
SEED PARENT:	Unknown
POLLEN PARENT:	Unknown
BREEDER:	Unknown
INTRODUCED:	"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" was introduced by the Antique Rose Emporuim in 1990.
DATE:	Unknown [ United States ]
PLANT SIZE AND FORM:	Height: 1 ' to 3 ' Width: 1 ' to 2 ' "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" forms a compact twigy bush approximately 1' to 2' in height.
FOLIAGE DESCRIPTION:	The foliage is medium green and small.
FOLIAGE FRAGRANCE:	None.
BLOOM FREQUENCY:	R - Repeat."Highway 290 Pink Button" starts blooming in the late spring (May in the Texas Hill Country) and continues blooming in cycles through the summer and fall until frost.
BLOOM DESCRIPTION:	Flower Size: .50" to .75" Cluster Size: 2 to 5 Petal Count: 35 to 40 "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" flowers are very small (3/4" - 1"), and double.
BLOOM COLOR:	MP - Medium Pink. "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" blooms are a bright rosy-pink and show no tendency to fade.
COLOR VARIATION:	None.
FRAGRANCE:	NF - Not fragrant. "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" has no fragrance.
HIPS:	None observed.
CLIMATE:	Zones 7 - 9
CULTURE:	"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" is very healthy and will tolerate poorer soils. It responds well to pruning.
PROPAGATION:	"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" is easily propagated from cuttings.
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS:	Tolerant of poorer soils Good for bedding or mass plantings Suitable for hedging and fence rows Suitable for growing in pots ** Availability is limited "Highway 290 Pink Buttons" well suited to growing in borders or containers.
ANECDOTAL INFORMATION:	"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" may react to stress by aborting its buds before they open. Some gardeners have reported having this plant in at their family homesites for more than a century.
REFERENCES:	Antique Rose Emporium. The Antique Rose Emporium 1988 Catalog. Independence, Texas: Antique Rose Emporium. 1988, p. 5. Welch, William C.. Antique Roses for the South. Dallas: Taylor Publishing. 1990, pp. 1139.