'First Crush™' Rose

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'First Crush™' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Constanze Mozart
• KO 98/1347-08
• KORmaccap
• La Belle Ferronière (floribunda, Kordes, 1998/2012)
• Pretty Parfuma ®

HMF Ratings:

31 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

Origin:

Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1998).
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses as 'First Crush'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2012 as 'Constanze Mozart'.
Introduced in France by Globe Planter in 2015 as 'La Belle Ferronière'.
Introduced in United States by Newflora™ LLC in 2015 as 'Constanze Mozart'.

Class:

Floribunda. (Series: Parfuma® Collection)

Bloom:

Blush, cream shading. Strong, apricot or peach, citrus, fruity fragrance. up to 75 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, very full (41+ petals), cupped, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Arching. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: 31" to 47" (80 to 120cm). Width: 20" to 32" (50 to 80cm).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 25,688 on 14 Jul 2015 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/987,442 on 24 Jul 2013

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 1998. The crossing was between an ‘un-named seedling’, the seed parent, and another ‘un-named seedling’, the pollen parent by the same inventor.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Maria Constanze Caecilia Jospha Johanna Aloisia Weber (January 5, 1762 Zell im Wiesnthal - March 6, 1842 Salzburg), Austrian soprano, cousin of composer Carl Maria von Weberm married composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart om August 4, 1782. After Mozart's early death in 1791, she married Danish diplomat Georg Nikolaus Nissen in 1809.