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'Christiana' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong
HMF Ratings:
88 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
Class:
Floribunda. (Series: Parfuma® Collection)
Bloom:
Light pink, cream outer petals. Strong, apple, lemon, rose, sweet fragrance. 85 to 95 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, very full (41+ petals), expanded , globular, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 5 leaflets.
Height: 35" (90cm). Width: 20" (50cm).
Growing:
Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 2017/267 on 4 Sep 2017 VIEW PBR PATENT'KORgeowin' was the resultant seedling from a cross between the seed parent 'AUSham' and an unnamed seedling in 2003 and was first selected in May 2004 at the breeding facility of W. Kordes Sohne in Sparrieshoop, Germany. The seedling was selected in July 2004 and was budded onto Rosa canina planted in the open field. Follow up selections took place in 2005 and subsequent years until its commercial release in October 2013. European Union - Application No: 2013/2211 on 22 Aug 2013 United States - Patent No: PP 26,836 on 21 Jun 2016 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 14/120,936 on 11 Jul 2014 The new variety of rose plant of the present invention originated from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 2003. The crossing was between an un-named seedling, the seed parent, and another un-named seedling, the pollen parent by the same inventor.
Notes:
Christened August 7, 2013 in Delitzch, Germany.
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