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'Taos Cover ®' rose Description
'Amber Cover ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Martien Brand
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• Amber Cover ®
• POUl 94/4197-6
• POUlbambe
• Taos
HMF Ratings:
36 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Shrub.
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1993). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1993).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2000 as 'Amber Cover'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: Towne & Country ® Series)  
Bloom:
Orange to apricot.  None / no, wild rose fragrance.  15 to 20 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, in large clusters, cupped, globular bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, compact, few or no prickles/thorns.  Small, glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden or ground cover.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU4170P  on  29 Nov 2010
Application No: 2003/348  on  8 Dec 2003   VIEW PBR PATENT
seed parent ‘Poultrav’ x pollen parent ‘Poulurt’. Hybridization took place in spring 1993 in Fredensborg, Denmark and was selected as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization in spring 1994.
First sold in the EU in July 2001
 
Canada - Patent No: 2693  on  12 Feb 2007
Application No: 03-3729  on  24 Jun 2003
Rights surrendered on April 18, 2013.
'Poulbambe' originated from a cross conducted in the summer of 1993 between the varieties 'Poultrav' and 'Poulurt'.
 
European Union - Patent  on  2000
 
New Zealand - Patent  on  2003
 
South Africa - Patent  on  2002
 
United States - Patent No: PP 13,292  on  3 Dec 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/776,562  on  1 Feb 2001
A new shrub rose shrub which has abundant, amber-yellow flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK)
Parentage:
Amber ™ (mini-flora, Poulsen, 2000) × Aspen
Notes:
Internal breeder code: 94/4197-6