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'Firebird ®' rose Description
'KORtragoso' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
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Commercially available
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ARS:
Yellow blend Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Firebird ®
Origin:
Bred by W. Kordes & Sons (Germany, 2005). Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2005).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2015 as 'Firebird'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Yellow, red edges, red shading.  Turning almost red in strong sun.  None to mild, fruity fragrance.  25 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, very double, in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green, wrinkled (rugose) foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Height: 28" to 3' (70 to 90cm).  Width: 20" to 2' (50 to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  
Patents:
European Union - Application No: 2015/2077
 
United States - Patent No: PP 28,227  on  1 Aug 2017   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/999,259  on  14 Apr 2016
Inventors: Kordes; Tim-Hermann (Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, DE)
`KORtragoso` is a seedling selection which resulted from the controlled pollination of an unnamed Rosa hybrida breeding line, the seed parent, with another unnamed Rosa hybrida breeding line, the pollen parent, during the summer of 2005.
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