'Isabella' Rose

	Description		Photos		Lineage		Awards		References		Member Ratings		Member Comments		Member Journals		Cuttings		Gardens		Buy From

'Isabella' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of The Old Rosarian

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Isabel™ (shrub, Olesen/Poulsen, 1991/1998)
• Isabel Renaissance
• Isabelle Renaissance
• POUlisab

HMF Ratings:

43 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD.

ARS:

Dark red Shrub.
Exhibition name: Isabel Renaissance

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1991). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1991).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1998 as 'Isabella'.

Class:

Shrub. (Series: Renaissance ® Collection)

Bloom:

Dark red. Moderate, old rose fragrance. 25 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, very double, borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Bushy. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 4' to 4½' (120 to 135cm). Width: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1999/379 on 1999 VIEW PBR PATENT

Canada - Patent No: 1164 on 17 May 2002
Application No: 98-1268 on 11 Mar 1998

Rights surrendered on June 7, 2011.
Denomination: 'POULisab'
Trade name: Isabel Renaissance

United States - Patent No: PP 12,825 on 6 Aug 2002 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/270177 on 15 Mar 1999

The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and `POULnorm` ....
'POULisab' was selected in the spring of 1991 by L. Pernille Olesen and Mogens N. Olesen from germinated seed. Above average resistance to blackspot and botrytis under normal growing conditions in Oregon.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Jazz (large flowered climber, Poulsen, 1997)

Notes:

Arena Rose Co.'s Catalog 2000 says Isabel Renaissance™ produces dark, velvety red flowers in clusters of 3 to 5 per stem...