'Garden Delight' Rose

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'Garden Delight' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Rose-Kazan(Vadim)

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Gartenspaß ®
• KO 01/1644-03
• KORgohowa
• Smiles (Floribunda, Kordes, 2001)

HMF Ratings:

42 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Orange blend Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Gartenspaß ®

Origin:

Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2001).
Introduced in United States by Newflora™ LLC as 'Garden Delight'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2008 as 'Gartenspaß'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Mattocks Roses / Notcutts in 2012 as 'Smiles'.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2014 as 'Garden Delight'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Orange blend, yellow undertones. Moderate fragrance. 50 to 60 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 7 leaflets.

Height: 4¼' to 4'11" (130 to 150cm). Width: 30" to 33" (75 to 85cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 22,539 on 6 Mar 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/925,239 on 14 Oct 2010

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 spring of 2001. The crossing was between an unnamed seedling, and another unnamed seedling.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

"Gartenspaß" (Gartenspass = Garden fun) is the name of a German gardening magazine.