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'Zorba ™' rose Description
'Zorba ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of raistand
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
7 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Yellow blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Exhibition name: Zorba ™
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1992). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1992).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2003 as 'POULyc008'.
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.   (Series: Courtyard ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Yellow, orange shading.  Gold fading to apricot.  Mild fragrance.  25 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, full (26-40 petals), rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, wide oval buds.  
Habit:
Tall, bushy, climbing.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Height: 4'11" to 6'7" (150 to 200cm).  Width: up to 35" (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for pillar.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 15,771  on  17 May 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/812,760  on  29 Mar 2004
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant of the climber class, which originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent, an un-named seedling, and the male pollen parent `POULurt`, described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,637 dated Sep. 3, 1996. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1992
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