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'Antique Caramel ®' rose Description
'Caramel Antike Freelander ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of markiz41
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
54 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Yellow blend Hybrid Tea.
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1997).
Introduced in Canada by Palatine Roses as 'Antique Caramel'.
Introduced in United States by Wayside Gardens in 2007 as 'Caramel Antike Freelander'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.   (Series: Freelander® Collection)  
Bloom:
Buff.  Honey yellow to apricot with pink blushes toward the centers.  Mild, sweet fragrance.  100 to 120 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, very full (41+ petals), cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, rounded buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).  Width: up to 39" (up to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,385  on  28 Oct 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/008,682  on  11 Jan 2008
The new variety of rose plant of the present invention origination from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 1997. The crossing was between `Gold Glow` and an un-named seedling.
Notes:
Advertised as having a 12 day vase life.