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'Moonlight' rose Description
'Moonlight (LCl, Kordes 1995)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Huyustus
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
50 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Yellow blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: KORklemol
Exhibition name: Moonlight
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1994).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2004.
Introduced in United States by Wayside Gardens in 2008 as 'Moonlight'.
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.  
Bloom:
Apricot - yellow, ages to light yellow .  Flower: copper yellow, lighter when fading and with a touch of pink.  Strong, fruity, spice fragrance.  20 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, reflexed, rounded bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, climbing, upright, well-branched.  Large, glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Height: 8' to 8'2" (245 to 250cm).  Width: 38" to 39" (95 to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower, garden or pillar.  Very vigorous.  rain tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 16,938  on  1 Aug 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/071,754  on  2 Mar 2005
Inventors: Kordes; Tim-Hermann (Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, DE)
The new variety of rose plant of the present invention originated from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 1994. The crossing was between un-named seedling, a non-patented rose by the same inventor and an un-named seedling, a non-patented rose also by the same inventor.
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