'Orange King' Rose

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'Orange King' rose Description

My HMF:

'Orange King (polyantha, Cutbush, 1922)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Inés Díaz de Licandro

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Orange King (polyantha, Wezelenburg, 1926)

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange blend Polyantha.
Registration name: Orange King (polyantha, Cutbush, 1922)
Exhibition name: Orange King

Origin:

Bred by K. Wezelenburg (Netherlands, 1926).
Discovered by Cutbush (United Kingdom, 1922).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Wm. Cutbush & Son in circa 1923 as 'Orange King'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1925 as 'Orange King'.

Class:

Polyantha.

Bloom:

Salmon-orange, ages to light green . Orange coral. Sometimes red blooms. Average diameter 0.75". Small, double (17-25 petals), in large clusters, open bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Short, bushy. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

sport of Jessie

Notes:

Different opinions on parentage.- see References.
no further information of the seedling 'Orange King' of Wezelenburg - a seedling of Mrs. Cutbush?

[Source:
1923 Garden Life Vol 44, p421
1936 The Rose Annual p122]