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'KORdrekes' rose Description
'Myrna's Dream™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Johno
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORdrekes
Origin:
Discovered by Petrus (Peet) Kester (Netherlands, before 1995). Discovered by Hette Spek (Netherlands, before 1995).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1998.
Class:
Floribunda, Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Light apricot.  Flowers light apricot.  Mild fragrance.  25 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 3.75".  Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, narrow, upright, well-branched.  Large, matte, medium green, leathery foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 5' to 5½' (150 to 165cm).  Width: 42" (105cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower.  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:
Australia - Patent No: AU2730P  on  25 May 2005
Application No: 1999/204  on  12 Jul 1999   VIEW PBR PATENT
Spontaneous mutation: parent ‘Kormiller’ syn Dream (1996/076). ...Breeder: P.W.M. Kester, Honselersdijk, The Netherlands.
First overseas sale The Netherlands Feb 1996.
 
Canada - Application No: 98-1385  on  6 May 1998
Application withdrawn on April 19, 2004.
Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, Sparrieshoop, Germany
 
France - Patent  on  1998
Patent surrendered
 
Germany - Patent  on  1996
Patent surrendered
 
Netherlands - Patent  on  1995
Patent surrendered
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,388  on  23 May 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/139,070  on  24 Aug 1998
Inventors: Petrus W.M. Kester (Honselersdijk, NL); Hette Spek (Boskoop, NL) Jan 1997. Assignee: Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. (Medford, OR). A new floribunda characterized particularly by its orange flower color; high flower production; excellent vase life; good shipping qualities; and very vigorous growth habit... discovered as a mutation of KORmiller growing in a greenhouse in Honselersdijk, Holland, which bore an orange flower as compared to the pastel pink flowers of KORmiller.
Notes:
Treloar Roses says Myrna's Dream is another sport of 'Dream'. The two roses are identical in every way except for color -- 'Myrna's Dream' is light apricot...
According to the Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights Office, an application (No. 98-1385) for KORdrekes was filed by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc.