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'Amorosa' rose Description
'Amorosa (florist's rose, Kordes, 1993)' rose photo
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Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
15 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORignale
Exhibition name: Amorosa
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, 1993).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1995.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
White, light pink shading, yellow undertones.  Porcelain pink.  Mild fragrance.  30 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, upright, well-branched.  Large, glossy, medium green, dense, leathery foliage.  

Height: 6' (185cm).  Width: 42" (105cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower.  Vigorous.  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:
United States - Patent No: PP 9,044  on  17 Jan 1995   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: US1994000241493  on  12 May 1994
Inventor: Kordes, Wilhelm (Sparrieshoop, Germany) October 1993. Applicant: Bear Creek Gardens, Inc., Medford, OR. A Hybrid Tea Rose plant having attractive, porcelain pink, high-centered flowers; long, straight stems; long vase life, and large flowers... Parentage: Seedling x KORprill...
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