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'Versailles ™' rose Description
'Versailles Palace ® (floribunda, Poulsen, 2001)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cass
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• POUlac006
• Versailles Palace ® (floribunda, Poulsen, 2001)
HMF Ratings:
16 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Versailles ™
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1993). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1993).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2001 as 'Versailles Palace'.
Class:
Floribunda, Mini-Flora.   (Series: Palace ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Orange-red.  None / no fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact.  Matte, medium green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).  Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 2005/018  on  1 Feb 2005   VIEW PBR PATENT
seed parent un-named seedling x pollen parent ‘Poulrouge’. Hybridization took place in summer 1993 in Fredensborg, Denmark
First sold in April 2001 under the variety name ‘Poulac006’
 
Canada - Patent No: 2430  on  10 May 2006
Application No: 03-3666  on  8 May 2003
Rights surrendered on April 13, 2011.
Denomination: 'Poulac006'
Trade name: Versailles
Breeder: Mogens N. Olesen, Poulsen Roser A/S, Fredensborg, Denmark
'POULac006' originated from a cross made in July 1993 in Fredensborg, Denmark between an un-named seedling and 'POULrouge'.
 
European Union - Application No: 2003/01
 
New Zealand - Application No: ROS862  on  7 Oct 2003
Withdrawn, agent changed, Sep 21, 2019
 
United States - Patent No: PP 17,632  on  24 Apr 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/342,702  on  14 Jan 2003
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of compact floribunda rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the seed parent, an unnamed seedling, not patented, and `POULrouge` described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,687.....`POULac006` was selected by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization in April of 1994.
Parentage:
Unnamed Seedling × POUlrouge
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