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'Fiji ™' rose Description
'Fiji ™ (hybrid tea, Kordes, 2002)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of ParisRoseLady
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
15 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Cherry Lady ® (hybrid tea, Kordes, 2002/12)
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2002).
Introduced in United States by Newflora™ LLC as 'Cherry Lady'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2012 as 'Cherry Lady'.
Introduced in United States by Edmunds' Roses in before 2013 as 'Fiji'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.   (Series: Eleganza® Collection )  
Bloom:
Deep pink.  Cherry-pink.  Mild fragrance.  55 to 65 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Leafy sepals, long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Arching, bushy, dense, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm).  Width: up to 32" (up to 80cm).
Growing:
Disease susceptibility: very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 26,171  on  1 Dec 2015   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/987,680  on  20 Aug 2013
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 2002. The crossing was between an un-named seedling, the seed parent, and another un-named seedling, the pollen parent by the same inventor.
Notes:
Introduced in North America as 'Fiji'