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'KORoskin' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL
Bloom:
Apricot. None to mild fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 1.75". Small to medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy. Matte, medium green foliage. 5 leaflets.
Height: 7" to 30" (18 to 75cm). Width: 6.5" to 20" (16 to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Hardy. Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. . 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. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..
Patents:
Canada - Application No: 04-4490 on 1 Dec 2004 Application abandoned on June 10, 2008. United States - Patent No: PP 17,521 on 27 Mar 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/255,016 on 19 Oct 2005 Inventors: Pellett; Gary R. (Central Point, OR)
The present discovery constitutes a new and distinct variety of a miniature pot rose plant which was discovered in a cultivated area in July, 2003. The new rose variety resulted from a naturally occurring mutation of unknown causation on a branch of `KORstoffein`, a patented rose described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,242 issued on Feb. 22, 2000.
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