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'Petticoat ®' rose Description
'Petticoat ® (floribunda, Kordes 1993)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Rosenschule Ruf
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
25 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Floribunda.
Registration name: Korgretaum
Exhibition name: Petticoat ®
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1992).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2004.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Cream.  Cream white with soft apricot coloured center.  Mild, sweet fragrance.  45 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Medium, glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 32" to 47" (80 to 120cm).  Width: 2' to 39" (60 to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders.  Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant, mildew resistant.  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.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU4241P  on  17 May 2011
Application No: 2009/030  on  6 Mar 2009   VIEW PBR PATENT
‘Margaret Merrill’ x ‘unnamed seedling’ in May 1995. First selections were made in May 1996. In July 1996, budded onto Rosa canina rootstock and grown in open. In 1997 second selections were made. The seedling was tested until 2004. Introduction and first sales took place in spring 2005.
First sold in March 2005.
 
European Union - Patent  on  2004
 
Germany - Patent  on  2004
 
United States - Patent No: PP 16,937  on  1 Aug 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/071,751  on  2 Mar 2005
Inventors: Kordes; Tim-Hermann (Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, DE)
The new variety of rose plant of the present invention originated from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 1992. The crossing was between `Margaret Merrill`, a non-patented rose and an un-named seedling.
Notes:
Different breeding dates in US and Australian patent applications.