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'KOR981457' rose Description
'Sweet Antique Freelander' rose photo
Photo courtesy of markiz41
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1998).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Wholesale) in 2007 as 'Sweet Antike Freelander'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Grandiflora.   (Series: Freelander® Collection)  
Bloom:
Blush.  Strong fragrance.  70 to 80 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, old-fashioned, quartered, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).  Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
Can be used for cut flower or garden.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 23,554  on  23 Apr 2013   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/136,638  on  5 Aug 2011
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 1998. The crossing was between an `un-named seedling` and an `un-named seedling`.
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