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'Cleopatra' rose Description
'Kleopatra ® (hybrid tea, Kordes 1994)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
44 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Red blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORverpea
Exhibition name: Kleopatra ® (hybrid tea, Kordes 1994)
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, before 1993).
Introduced in South Africa by Ludwig's Roses as 'Peace of Vereeniging'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1994 as 'Kleopatra'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Red, yellow reverse.  Wine red upper; brass reverse.  Mild fragrance.  38 to 48 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, upright.  Large, glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm).  Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  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:
Australia - Patent No: AU1241P  on  31 Mar 1999
Application No: 1996/084  on  16 Apr 1996   VIEW PBR PATENT
seed parent ‘Kortember’ syn Harmonie by pollen parent (‘Fragrant Cloud’ x ‘Peer Gynt’) x (seedling x ‘Noris Pratt’). Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany.
First sold in Germany 1994.
 
Germany - Patent  on  1993
 
Netherlands - Patent  on  1994
 
United Kingdom - Patent  on  1993
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