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'KORturek' rose Description
'New Iceberg' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Seaside Rooftop
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
24 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORturek
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, before 2000).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Wholesale) in 2000 as 'Iceberg'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
White.  Mild fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 3.75".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, narrow, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 26" (up to 65cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU2970P  on  10 Feb 2006
Application No: 2002/307  on  16 Oct 2002   VIEW PBR PATENT
seed parent ‘Kormodika’ syn Naina x pollen parent ‘Korsulas’ syn Limona (1997/203). ...Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, Sparrieshoop, Germany
First sold in The Netherlands Dec 2000
 
European Union - Patent  on  2000
 
South Africa - Patent  on  2001
 
United States - Patent No: PP 14,900  on  15 Jun 2004   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/100425  on  18 Mar 2002
The new variety originated as a single plant as a result of artifically pollinating ‘KORmodika’ (not patented) with an unnamed seedling (not patented) in a cultivated greenhouse environment in 2000 in Germany.
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