'KORravreli' Rose

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'KORravreli' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Avril Elizabeth Home
• Heaven on Earth

HMF Ratings:

64 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Exhibition name: Heaven on Earth

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, before 2003).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2004.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2021 as 'Heaven on Earth'.

Class:

Floribunda, Shrub.

Bloom:

Peach - apricot. Moderate, spice fragrance. 70 to 80 petals. Average diameter 6". Medium, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, rounded bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, compact, spreading, upright. Large, glossy, grey-green, dense, leathery foliage.

Height: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm). Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to disease, susceptible to blackspot , mildew resistant, rust resistant.

Patents:

South Africa - Patent No: Reg ZA20022707 on 18 Apr 2002

Grant of Plant Breeders' Rights.

United States - Patent No: PP 15,253 on 19 Oct 2004 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/728,005 on 3 Dec 2003

'KORravreli' bred by Wilhelm Kordes. Resistant to mildew and rust and susceptible to blackspot under normal growing conditions in Somis, California.

Parentage:

Centenaire de Lourdes ® × Bernstein-Rose ® (floribunda, Evers/Tantau, 1987)

Notes:

Ludwigs Roses says this rose is dedicated to the Avril Elizabeth Home for the Mentally Handicapped on its 30th anniversary...