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'Harlequin ™' rose Description
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'Harlequin ™ (hybrid tea, Kordes 1996)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
16 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Mauve or mauve blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORlette
Exhibition name: Harlequin ™
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, 1996).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1998.
Introduced in United States by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. in 1998 as 'Harlequin'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Mauve or purple blend.  Strong fragrance.  25 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Few or no prickles/thorns, upright, well-branched.  Leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 5' (60 to 150cm).  Width: 42" to 4' (105 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 11,271  on  7 Mar 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 985288  on  4 Dec 1997
Inventor: Wilhelm Kordes (Sparrieshoop, DE) 1996. Assignee: Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. (Medford, OR). Hybrid tea having large, novel, bi-colored flowers of good petal count and strong fragrance... Parentage: 'Prima Ballerina' x 'Peace'... The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose variety having the fragrance and long pointed buds of the female parent combined with the higher petal count, large flowers, and vigorous growth of the male parent.
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