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'Florentina ®' rose Description
'Florentina ® (climber, Kordes, 2002)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of remmyx
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Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Medium red Large-Flowered Climber.
Exhibition name: Florentina ®
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2002).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2011 as 'Florentina'.
Introduced in United States by Newflora™ LLC in 2017 as 'Florentina'.
Class:
Climber.  
Bloom:
Red, yellow stamens.  Moderate fragrance.  up to 70 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), cupped-to-flat, quartered bloom form.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, climbing, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Height: 6'7" to 9'10" (200 to 300cm).  Width: 39" to 5'11" (100 to 180cm).
Growing:
Hardy.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 24,196  on  28 Jan 2014   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/507,461  on  29 Jun 2012
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 2002. The crossing was between an un-named seedling, the seed parent, and another un-named seedling, the pollen parent, from the same inventor.
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