'Over the Moon ®' Rose

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'Over the Moon ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Maurice REYBAUD

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• ORAclelon

HMF Ratings:

42 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: ORAclelon
Exhibition name: Over the Moon ®

Origin:

Bred by Pierre Orard (France, before 2005).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2009 as 'Over the Moon'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Apricot, yellow reverse. Mild, apple, fruity fragrance. 25 to 35 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, very double, borne mostly solitary, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall, bushy, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Height: 43" to 4¼' (110 to 130cm). Width: 19" to 23" (50 to 60cm).

Growing:

Can be used for cut flower, garden or landscape. Vigorous. does not do well in warmer climates.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 21,577 on 21 Dec 2010 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/589,859 on 29 Oct 2009

Inventors: Pierre Orard, Feyzin (FR)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `MEIronsse` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,496) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `KORverpea` (not patented). ...The following description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of October.

Parentage:

Christopher Columbus (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1992) × Cleopatra (hybrid tea, Kordes, 1994)

Notes:

Registration Notes: well-formed, good color retention