'Grand Palace ®' Rose

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'Grand Palace ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of FilRoses

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• POUlgrad

HMF Ratings:

9 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Shrub.
Registration name: POUlgrad

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1992). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1992).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1997 as 'Grand Palace'.

Class:

Floribunda, Mini-Flora. (Series: Palace ® Collection)

Bloom:

Dark red. Mild fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy. Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. 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 - Patent No: AU2232P on 26 May 2003
Application No: 1999/374 on 20 Dec 1999 VIEW PBR PATENT

seed parent “unnamed seedling” x pollen parent ‘Poulmax’ in a planned breeding program. The seed parent is characterised by taller plant height and pollen parent is characterised by salmon orange flower colour and lesser petal numbers compared to the candidate variety. Hybridisation took place during summer 1992. ....Breeders: L.Pernille and M.N.Olesen, Poulsen Roses ApS, Fredensburg, Denmark .
First sold in EU in Jan 1997. First Australian sale Jul 1999.

Canada - Patent No: 0851 on 2 Oct 2000
Application No: 97-1131 on 8 Aug 1997

Rights surrendered on October 19, 2005.
Denomination: 'POULgrad'
Trade name: Grand Palace

European Union - Patent on 1997

New Zealand - Patent No: 1970 on 28 May 2002
Application No: ROS774 on 30 Oct 2000

United States - Patent No: PP 11,610 on 31 Oct 2000 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/177,976 on 22 Oct 1998

Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of compact floribunda rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and `POULmax` ...Asexual reproduction of `POULgrad` by cuttings was first done in their nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in May, 1993 and by traditional budding in their nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in August, 1993 by L. Pernille and Mogens N. Olesen.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Canyonlands

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