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'Tennessee ®' rose Description
'Tennessee ® (floribunda, van de Meer/Select Roses, 1985/91)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Petr Bohm
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
3 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange blend Floribunda.
Origin:
Bred by Peter J. A. Van de Meer (Netherlands, 1985).
Introduced in Netherlands by Select Roses B.V. in 1991 as 'Tennessee'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Orange blend.  None to mild fragrance.  30 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed, rounded buds.  
Habit:
Upright.  Dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 28" (60 to 70cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1991/078  on  28 Aug 1991   VIEW PBR PATENT
Applicant: Select Roses BV.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,170  on  Jun 1995   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/017,668  on  9 Feb 1993
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive variety of rose plant of the Hybrid Tea class, which was originated by my crossing 'Eliora' as the seed parent with 'Cocktail' as the pollen parent (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,821)..."Tennessee" was germinated in 1985, in De Kwakel, The Netherlands
Parentage:
Eloira × Cocktail '80
Notes:
One 1 June 1796, Tennessee became the 16th State of the Union.