'Wiltshire' Rose

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'Wiltshire' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Johno

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Bad Birnbach®
• Beautiful Carpet
• Bonapart
• Busy Bee (floribunda, Kordes 1983)
• Electric Balconia ®
• Electric Blanket ®
• Elfrid ®
• KO 83/2051-45
• KORmuse
• KORpancom
• KORpapie
• Rigo Bonapart ®
• Salmon Sunsation
• Salmon Vigorosa™

HMF Ratings:

75 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink Shrub.
Registration name: KORmuse, KORpancom, KORpapie

Origin:

Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, 1983).
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses as 'Busy Bee'.
Introduced in France by Globe Planter as 'Bonapart'.
Introduced in United States by Newflora™ LLC as 'Salmon Vigorosa'.
Introduced in South Africa by Ludwig's Roses in 1989 as 'Salmon Sunsation'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Mattocks Roses / Notcutts in circa 1996 as 'Wiltshire'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1999 as 'Bad Birnbach'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in before 2006 as 'Electric Blanket'.
Introduced in Canada by Palatine Roses in 2007 as 'Electric Blanket'.
Introduced in United States by Greenheart Farms in 2010 as 'Electric Balconia'.

Class:

Floribunda, Shrub. (Series: County Series Collection, Vigorosa® Collection)

Bloom:

Salmon-pink . Mild fragrance. 20 to 40 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small, double (17-25 petals), in bundles, cluster-flowered bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season. Pointed buds.

Habit:

Medium, bushy, compact, lax, spreading. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 16" to 18" (40 to 45cm). Width: 20" to 4' (50 to 120cm).

Growing:

Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, ground cover or hedge. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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: AU2517P on 23 Jul 2004
Application No: 2001/293 on 22 Oct 2001 VIEW PBR PATENT

seed parent ‘Weisse Immensee’ x pollen parent ‘Bella Rosa’. ... Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, Sparrieshoop, Germany.
First sold in Germany in Oct 1999

Germany - Patent No: ROS 1808 on 1998

United States - Application No: 10/020,793 on 14 Dec 2001

KORwonder, the seed parent, is a white flowered groundcover with a low, spreading habit. KORgram, the pollen parent, is an upright-growing, pink floribunda. KORpancom is a coral groundcover that is upright and spreading

United States - Application No: 10/663,484 on 15 Sep 2003

‘KORwonder,’ the seed parent, is a white flowered groundcover with a low, spreading habit. ‘KORgram,’ the pollen parent, is an upright-growing, pink floribunda. ‘KORpancom’ is a coral groundcover that is upright and spreadin

Parentage:

Weisse Immensee ® × Bella Rosa ® (floribunda, Kordes 1981)

Notes:

The US patent application had to be refiled as the initial examination sais that the application did not include a claim. In both applications the descriptions of the parents is incorrect (juxtaposed).