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'Independence' rose Description
'Independence' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
68 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Floribunda.
Registration name: Independence
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, before 1943).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in before 1951 as 'Kordes' Sondermeldung'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1952 as 'Kordes' Sondermeldung'.
Class:
Floribunda, Polyantha (Europe).  
Bloom:
Orange-red to scarlet.  Moderate fragrance.  35 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, urn-shaped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Well-branched.  Large, glossy, dark green foliage.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Hardy.  heat tolerant.  rain tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  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.  
Patents:
Germany - Patent No: 621476, 920212
trademarks of 'Kordes Sondermeldung'
as well as 621475 for 'Independence'
 
United States - Patent No: PP 1,036  on  18 Sep 1951   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
US patent lineage states as 'self-seedling of an un-named seedling of Crimson Glory x Baby Château, which differs from the lineage sited in REFERENCES

The name 'Nezhenka' was mentioned as the Russian name for this rose in a lecture by Vera Klimenko at the Fourth International Rose Conference, London 1968.