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'Beverly ®' rose Description
'Sophie Davant' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Maurice REYBAUD
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
110 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Beverly ®
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, 1999).
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses as 'Perfume Passion'.
Introduced in France by Globe Planter as 'Sophie Davant'.
Introduced in South Africa by Ludwig's Roses as 'Perfume Passion'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Mattocks Roses / Notcutts as 'Pink Perfection'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2007 as 'Beverly'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.   (Series: Eleganza® Collection )  
Bloom:
Pink.  Strong, citrus, fruity, lemon fragrance.  50 to 55 petals.  Average diameter 3.75".  Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Tall, bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 31" to 6'7" (80 to 200cm).  Width: 2' to 47" (60 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Vigorous.  Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.  Disease susceptibility: very blackspot resistant., mildew resistant.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent  on  15 Aug 2012
Application No: 2011/154  on  8 Jul 2011   VIEW PBR PATENT
'KORpauvio' was the resultant seedling from a cross between an the seed parent 'MEIzeli and an unnamed seedling as the pollen parent in May 1999 at the breeding facility of W. Kordes Sohne in Sparrieshoop, Germany. The seedling was selected in May 2002 and was budded onto Rosa canina planted in the open field. Follow up selections took place from 2003 to 2006 and was commercially introduced in October 2007. All processes were conducted by or under the supervision of Wilhelm Kordes.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 23,495  on  26 Mar 2013   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/228,865  on  15 Aug 2008
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 1999. The crossing was between ‘MEIzeli’ and an ‘un-named seedling’.
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