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'KORlinik' rose Description
'Sunny Kordana ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Jennifer & Jim Hughes
HMF Ratings:
5 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Deep yellow Miniature.
Registration name: KORlinik
Exhibition name: Sunny Kordana Mini Brite
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, before 1993).
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Golden-yellow.  Mild fragrance.  25 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 1.75".  Small, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, upright, well-branched.  Small, glossy, dense, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 2' (up to 60cm).  Width: up to 18" (up to 45cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for container rose.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 1208  on  16 Jul 2002
Application No: 98-1259  on  11 Mar 1998
Rights revoked on December 4, 2012.
Denomination: 'KORlinik'
Trade name: Sunny Kordana
Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, Sparrieshoop, Germany
'KORlinik' arose from a cross between an unnamed seedling as the female parent and the variety KORdaba as the male parent. The cross and initial selection took place at Sparrishoop, Germany in 1993.
 
European Union - Application No: 96/1201  on  6 Nov 1996
Breeder: Kordes. Provisional designation: KORLINIK.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,136  on  30 Nov 1999   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/046,115  on  20 Mar 1998
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature class which was originated by me by crossing an unnamed seedling, (not patented), the parentage of which is unnamed, with `KORdaba` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,116).
Notes:
Jackson & Perkins Greenhouse Roses says Sunny Kordana has golden-honey colored blooms.