'Fire Opal' Rose

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'Fire Opal' rose Description

My HMF:

'Fire Opal (floribunda, Kordes 2013)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of anna.bradbury

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Fire Opal Kolorscape ™
• Gretel (floribunda, Kordes 2002)
• KO 02/0010-01
• KORumneza
• Roseromantic ® (floribunda, Kordes 2002/14)

HMF Ratings:

5 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Fire Opal

Origin:

Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2002).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2014 as 'Roseromantic'.
Introduced in Japan by Keisei Rose Nurseries Inc. in 2016 as 'Gretel'.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2018 as 'Fire Opal'.

Class:

Floribunda. (Series: Kolorscape® Collection)

Bloom:

Cream, ages to salmon-pink . None / no fragrance. up to 15 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Bushy, compact, dense. Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: up to 28" (up to 70cm). Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 26,309 on 19 Jan 2015 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/998,458 on 1 Nov 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 2002. 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:

Source: Gretel