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'Zorina' rose Description
'Zorina' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
18 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Floribunda.
Registration name: Zorina
Exhibition name: Zorina
Origin:
Bred by Eugene S. Boerner (United States, before 1963).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 1963 as 'Zorina'.
Introduced in France by Vilmorin-Andrieux in 1964 as 'Zorina'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1966 as 'Zorina'.
Class:
Floribunda, Florists Rose.  
Bloom:
Orange or orange-red.  Grenadine Red. Coral, salmon-orange.  Moderate fragrance.  25 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), in large clusters, cupped bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, upright.  Glossy foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 20" to 2' (50 to 60cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant, mildew resistant.  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 2,321  on  26 Nov 1963   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
Patent application indicates that this rose does not produce hips. The seed parent was an unnamed yellow seedling of 'Pinocchio'.
Dedicated to Eva Brigitta Hartwig (a.k.a. Vera Zorina) (January 2, 1917 Berlin - April 9, 2003 Santa Fe NM), ballerina of German-Norwegian origin, married in 1938 George Balanchine, Georgian-born American choreographer