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'Merci®' rose Description
'Koramasti' rose photo
Photo courtesy of RosTom
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
3 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium red Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Merci®
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1999).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2005.
Class:
Floribunda, Florists Rose.  
Bloom:
Red.  None / no fragrance.  30 to 35 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, classic hybrid tea, rounded bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Medium, glossy, dense foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 28" (up to 70cm).  Width: up to 16" (up to 40cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 17,546  on  3 Apr 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/133,754  on  20 May 2005
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant, which was developed by artificially pollinating an unnamed seedling (not patent in the US) with an unnamed seedling (not patent in the US). The two parents were crossed in the summer of 1999
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