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'Bad Birnbach®' rose Description
'Bad Birnbach®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Brigitta's garden in Pécel
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
49 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Floribunda.
Registration name: KORpancom
Exhibition name: Bad Birnbach®
Origin:
Bred by Reimer Kordes (Germany, 1983). Bred by W. Kordes & Sons (Germany, 1999).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 2006 as 'Electric Blanket'.
Introduced in Canada by Palatine Roses in 2007 as 'Electric Blanket'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2009 as 'Electric Balconia'.
Introduced in United States by Greenheart Farms in 2010 as 'Electric Balconia'.
Class:
Floribunda, Shrub.  Vigorosa ® Collection.  
Bloom:
Salmon-pink.  None to mild fragrance.  20 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, double (17-25 petals), in bundles, cluster-flowered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, compact, lax, spreading.  Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.  
Height of 16" to 18" (40 to 45 cm).  Width of 20" (50 cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, ground cover or hedge.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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 - Application No: 2001/293  on  2001   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
United States - Application No: 10/020,793  on  14 Dec 2001
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