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'Imperial Palace ®' rose Description
'Imperial Palace ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of tashu
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
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Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Medium red Floribunda.
Registration name: POUlchris
Exhibition name: Imperial (floribunda, Poulsen 1996)
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1988). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1988).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Imperial Palace'.
Class:
Floribunda, Florists Rose.   (Series: Palace ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Red.  Mild, apple, fruity fragrance.  55 to 65 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, globular, quartered, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Glossy, medium green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).  Width: 14" to 18" (35 to 45cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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.  
Patents:
Canada - Application No: 98-1231  on  4 Mar 1998
Application withdrawn on September 10, 2004.
Denomination: 'POULchris'
Trade name: Imperial Palace
 
European Union - Patent No: 310  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950440  on  2 Aug 1995
Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULCHRIS.
First commercialisation in EU: 21/12/1993
Expiry of protection on 1/1/2019.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,151  on  14 Dec 1999   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/864,848  on  29 Aug 1997
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between Christian IV and an unnamed seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1988
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