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'KORlingo' rose Description
Photo courtesy of David Elliott
HMF Ratings:
35 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORlingo
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Scarlet, yellow undertones. None to mild fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed buds.
Habit:
Upright. Light green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: up to 4' (up to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, mildew resistant. 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) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 5,846 on 6 Jan 1987 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 730073 on 3 May 1985 Inventor: Reimer Kordes; Werner Kordes; Hermann Kordes (Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, DE). Assignee: Jackson & Perkins Company (Medford, OR). A hybrid tea rose variety having long stems bearing scarlet blooms of heavy substance (thick petals), long pointed buds, low fragrance, and good resistance to rose powdery mildew... Parentage: 'Flamingo' x an unnamed variety. The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose variety of the hybrid tea class bearing Scarlet flowers of improved petal substance, on long stems, and suitable for production of cut blooms.
Notes:
Parentage information comes from the US Patent, which the breeder says is correct.
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