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'Pinocchio' rose Description
'Pinocchio (floribunda, Kordes, 1940)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of scvirginia
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
39 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Floribunda.
Registration name: Pinocchio (floribunda, Kordes, 1940)
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, before 1940).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1940 as 'Rosenmärchen'.
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1942 as 'Pinocchio'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1948 as 'Pinocchio'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Salmon-pink, yellow shading, carmine-pink shading.  Mild, fruity fragrance.  up to 30 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short, bushy.  Leathery foliage.  

Height: 30" to 3' (75 to 90cm).  Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 484  on  12 Aug 1941   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Disney's animated feature, Pinocchio, premiered on February 7, 1940.