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'Victor Borge' rose Description
'Victor Borge' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
35 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: POUlvue
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1991). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1991).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1999 as 'Victor Borge'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Orange blend, peach shading, yellow reverse, ages to lighter .  Strong, spice fragrance.  40 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered, reflexed, scalloped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, semi-glossy, leathery foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 20" to 4' (50 to 120cm).  Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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 - Application No: 1995/028  on  1995   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
Canada - Patent No: 1447  on  6 Mar 2003
Application No: 95-668  on  30 Nov 1994
Rights surrendered on March 21, 2011.
Denomination: 'POULvue'
Trade name: Victor Borge
 
European Union - Patent No: 307  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950437  on  2 Aug 1995
Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULVUE.
First commercialisation in EU: March 12, 1991
Expiry of protection on September 1, 2016.
 
New Zealand - Patent No: 872  on  29 Jun 1994
Application No: ROS409  on  28 Apr 1992
Trade Name: Victor Borge.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,357  on  7 Nov 1995   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/346,621  on  30 Nov 1994
Inventors: Olesen; Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Hybrid Tea rose class which was originated by my crossing as seed and pollen parents two unnamed and undistributed seedlings of our creation.
Notes:
Victor Borge was born on January 3, 1909, in Copenhagen, Denmark.


Poulsen Roser ApS says this rose has big, double, peach-yellow flowers. In the UK, it's known as 'Michael Crawford'. In Germany, it's known as 'Medima'.