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'Robert Hossein' rose Description
'Robert Hossein' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Maurice REYBAUD
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Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
3 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Athena ® (hybrid tea, Kordes, 2002)
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2002).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2014 as 'Athena'.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2017 as 'Athene'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.   (Series: Eleganza® Collection )  
Bloom:
Cream, light yellow shading, pink edges.  Mild fragrance.  55 to 60 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, very full (41+ petals), rounded, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 28,540  on  24 Oct 2017   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/756,364  on  2 Sep 2015
Inventors: Kordes; Tim-Hermann (Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, DE)
`KORcripoco` is a seedling selection which resulted from the controlled pollination of an unnamed breeding line developed and owned by the same inventor, the seed parent, and Rosa hybrida `KORquelda` (U.S. Patent No. 17,048), the pollen parent, during the summer of 2002.
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