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'Eureka ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Mark Vollmer's Rose Garden
HMF Ratings:
27 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Eureka ™ (floribunda, Kordes 2002)
Exhibition name: Eureka ™
Bloom:
Light yellow. Moderate, spice fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 3.25". Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, high-centered to flat bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Upright, well-branched. Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 9 leaflets.
Height: 42" (105cm). Width: 3' (90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer. Heat tolerant. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot . 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:
United States - Patent No: PP 15,712 on 5 Apr 2005 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 10/691,234 on 21 Oct 2003 Inventors: Kordes; Wilhelm (Sparrieshoop, DE)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of a floribunda rose plant named `KORsuflabe` which was originated by me by crossing the variety `TANeitber` (Bernstein-Rose) (not patented), with the variety `JACjem` (Sunflare), U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,001. ... Observations made from plants commencing at two years of age grown in a garden environment at Somis, Calif.
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