'Felicitas ®' Rose

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'Felicitas ®' rose Description

My HMF:

'Felicitas ® (shrub, Kordes, 1998)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of HonzaPM

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Highway Rose
• KORberis

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD.

ARS:

Deep pink Shrub.
Registration name: KORberis
Exhibition name: Felicitas ®

Origin:

Bred by W. Kordes & Sons (Germany, 1998).

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Deep pink. Mild fragrance. Average diameter 1.5". Small, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Medium, spreading.

Height: up to 5'11" (up to 180cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden or landscape. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.

Patents:

European Union - Application No: 97/0941 on 2 Sep 1997

Applicant: W. Kordes' Sohne. Bredder: Kordes, Wilhelm; Kordes, Tim-Hermann; Kordes, Margarita.

Germany - Patent No: 2 070 917

Parentage:

Weisse Max Graf ® × Unnamed Seedling

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