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'Escimo' rose Description
'Escimo (florists, Kordes, 1985)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Mike Gleason's Rose Gardens
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• KO 85/2033-07
• KORcilmo
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Floribunda.
Registration name: KORcilmo
Origin:
Bred by W. Kordes & Sons (Germany, 1985).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Wholesale) in 1990.
Class:
Florists Rose.  
Bloom:
White or white blend.  Mild fragrance.  30 to 35 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Few or no prickles/thorns.  Large foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 3' to 6' (90 to 185cm).  Width: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).
Growing:
Can be used for cut flower.  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU832P  on  16 Jun 1997
Application No: 1994/093  on  20 Apr 1994   VIEW PBR PATENT
'Lorena' by 'Champagner'. Breeder: W. Kordes and Son of Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany
'Korcilmo' was first sold in Holland in May 1990.
 
Belgium - Application  on  1991
 
Canada - Patent No: 0928  on  4 May 2001
Application No: 92-125  on  27 Oct 1992
Rights revoked on September 5, 2008.
Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co. KG, Sparrieshoop, Germany
 
Germany - Patent  on  1991
 
Netherlands - Patent  on  1991
 
New Zealand - Patent No: 721  on  18 Sep 1992
 
United Kingdom - Application  on  1991
 
United States - Patent No: PP 8,580  on  8 Feb 1994   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/964,522  on  19 Oct 1992
Wilhelm Kordes (March 1992). The plant patent describes this rose as a floribunda and discloses the parentage.
Parentage:
Lorena ® × Antique Silk
Notes:
Parentage information from US and Australian Patents for this rose. According to the patent, the breeding objective was "to produce a new rose variety having high production and a good vase life." This rose has very high flower production in the greenhouse -- approximately 300 stems per square meter.