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'Rotkäppchen' rose Description
'Rotkäppchen (floribunda, Kordes, 2007)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• Chaperon Rouge®, (floribunda, Kordes 2002)
• KO 02/0931-26
• KORcasima
• Maranello Rose®
• Red Riding Hood - Fairy Tale
• The 1812 Rose
HMF Ratings:
74 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Dark red Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Rotkäppchen
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, 2002).
Introduced in France by Globe Planter as 'Chaperon Rouge'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2007 as 'Rotkäppchen'.
Introduced in Canada by Palatine Roses in circa 2010 as 'Red Riding Hood - Fairy Tale'.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2014 as 'Red Riding Hood - Fairy Tale'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Dark red.  Mild fragrance.  70 to 80 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, quartered, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, well-branched.  Medium, glossy, medium green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 28" (up to 70cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5a through 9b.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 20,732  on  9 Feb 2010   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/228,864  on  15 Aug 2008
Inventors: Kordes; Wilhelm (Klein 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 2002. The crossing was between an `un-named seedling` and `Insel Mainau`.
Parentage:
Unnamed Seedling × Insel Mainau ®
Notes:
Chosen to commemorate the war of 1812 between Upper Canada and the USA.
Registered by USA Kordes agents (New Flora), in Oregon as The 1812 Rose