'Obélisque ®' Rose

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'Obélisque ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Charles Quest-Ritson

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• DELmont
• DELmot

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange-pink Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: DELmot
Exhibition name: Obélisque ®

Origin:

Bred by André Delbard-Chabert (1915-2012) (France, 1967).
Introduced in France by Delbard/Georges Delbard SA in 1967 as 'Obélisque'.

Class:

Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.

Bloom:

Orange-pink. Flowers coppery orange-pink. Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters, globular bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Tall, climbing. Glossy, bronze-green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower, garden or pillar. Vigorous. Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. . Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood.. Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third.. Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Spectacular (climber, Mallerin, 1953)
pollen:	seedling of Orange Triumph × Floradora

Notes:

Pollen parent is slightly different in the references.