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'Flamenco' rose Description
'Flamenco (climber, Poulsen 1998)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Eugene V.
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• Northern Lights (climber, Olesen, 1997)
• POUltika
HMF Ratings:
21 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: POUltika
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1988). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1988).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1998 as 'Flamenco'.
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.  
Bloom:
Pink.  Mild, citrus fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Large, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  
Habit:
Climbing.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 1474  on  1 May 2003
Application No: 98-1297  on  27 Mar 1998
Rights surrendered on April 10, 2008.
Denomination: 'POULtika'
Trade name: Northern Lights
 
United States - Patent No: PP 12,468  on  19 Mar 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/276,891  on  25 Mar 1999
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling (non-patented) and `Kordes Brilliant` (non-patented). ... `POULtika` was selected in spring 1988 by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the aforementioned hybridization
Parentage:
Unnamed Seedling × Brillant (shrub, Kordes, 1983)
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