'Konrad Adenauer' Rose

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'Konrad Adenauer' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of JDR-ID159686

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Konrad Adenauer Rose
• TANedauk

HMF Ratings:

18 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: TANedauk
Exhibition name: Konrad Adenauer Rose

Origin:

Bred by Mathias Tantau, Jr. (1912 - 2006) (Germany, 1954).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1956 as 'Konrad Adenauer'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Dark red. Strong, centifolia, old rose fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, rounded buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, upright. Medium foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 7b 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .

Patents:

Germany - Patent No: 659406

trademark

United States - Patent No: PP 1,452 on 24 Jan 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 493,844 on 11 Mar 1955

Mathias Tantau, Uetersen, Holstein, Germany, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.

Parentage:

Crimson Glory (hybrid tea, Kordes 1935) × Hens Verschuren

Notes:

From 1949 to 1963 Konrad Adenauer served as the first Chancellor of the West German Republic. He was born 5 January 1876 and died 19 April 1967. Adenauer was Time magazine's 1953 Man of the Year.