'KORsilan' Rose

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'KORsilan' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of David Elliott

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Beauce ® (shrub, Kordes, 1988)
• Beauce Nirpaysage
• Country Dream (Groundcover, Kordes 1988)
• Our Rosy Carpet
• Palmengarten Frankfurt ™

HMF Ratings:

52 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink Shrub.
Registration name: KORsilan
Exhibition name: Palmengarten Frankfurt ™

Origin:

Bred by W. Kordes & Sons (Germany, 1988).

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Deep pink. None to mild fragrance. 15 to 30 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Medium, spreading. Medium, glossy, medium green foliage.

Height: 3' to 5' (90 to 150cm). Width: 4' to 4½' (120 to 135cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 9b. Can be used for garden, ground cover or landscape. Disease susceptibility: very blackspot resistant.. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. 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:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	The Fairy × Temple Bells
pollen:	Bubble Bath × Lilli Marleen

Notes:

Participated in the 1991 Monza Competition. (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli.)