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'Alcantara' rose Description
'Alcantara' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Silvio D'Amicone
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
48 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Medium red Shrub.
Exhibition name: Velvet Flower Carpet
Origin:
Bred by Reinhard Noack (Germany, 1989).
Introduced in Germany by Noack-Rosen in 1998 as 'Vesuvia'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Red, yellow stamens. [Red.].  None / no fragrance.  7 to 8 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), in large clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed buds.  
Habit:
Short, compact, spreading.  Medium, glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 16" to 28" (40 to 70cm).  Width: up to 28" (up to 70cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden or ground cover.  Vigorous.  produces decorative hips.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1997/331  on  1997   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
Canada - Patent No: 1475  on  15 May 2003
Application No: 00-2151  on  7 Mar 2000
Breeder: Reinhard Noack, Gütersloh, Germany
'Noare' originated from the uncontrolled pollination between 'Ricarda' and an unknown pollen parent. The breeding work was done in Gütersloh, Germany in 1989.
 
Germany - Patent No: 39903872
Trademark
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,308  on  21 Mar 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 119583  on  21 Jul 1998
Inventor: Noack, Reinhard. A new variety of ground cover rose which forms throughout the season long-lasting bright velvet red blossoms. Created at Gutersloh, Germany... The female parent was 'Ricarda' (which has deep salmon-pink semi-double blossoms). The male parent was an unnamed seedling that included 'Flower Carpet' in its parentage. This seedling was initially identified as No. 1039-89... this rose commonly blooms in large sprays of 20 to 25 blossoms.
Notes:
According to the New Zealand Plant Variety Rights (PVR) web page, application for a PVR Grant for this rose was made June 18, 1998 (Application No. ROS685). The breeder's Reference for this rose is Noare.

Note (1) Patent lineage differs from registration lineage. SEE REFERENCES
Note (2) Petal count differs in patent from petal count in registration. SEE REFERENCES