'Apogée ®' Rose

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'Apogée ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Maurice REYBAUD

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• DELbaf

HMF Ratings:

22 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: DELbaf
Exhibition name: Apogée ®

Origin:

Bred by André Delbard-Chabert (1915-2012) (France, before 1966).
Introduced in France by Delbard/Georges Delbard SA in 1966 as 'Apogée'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange - copper, golden-yellow undertones. Mild to strong fragrance. Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Upright. Glossy, bronze-green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Can be used for cut flower or garden. Vigorous. Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. . 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. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Queen Elizabeth (Hybrid Tea, Lammerts before 1951) × Provence (hybrid tea, Paolino, 1935)
pollen:	seedling of Sultane × Madame Joseph Perraud

Notes:

Parentage differs in the 1970 reference