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'Gold Reef ®' rose Description
'Gold Reef ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of anonymous-382123
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
18 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Deep yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: POUldom
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1987). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1987).
Introduced in South Africa by Ludwig's Roses as 'Gold Reef'.
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1999 as 'Gold Reef'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Golden-yellow.  Mild fragrance.  20 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 39" to 4'11" (100 to 150cm).  Width: 2' to 32" (60 to 80cm).
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:
Canada - Patent No: 3434  on  30 Dec 2008
Application No: 04-4268  on  23 Jun 2004
Rights surrendered on November 29, 2010.
Denomination: 'Pouldom'
Trade name: Gold Reef
'Pouldom' originated from a cross between 'Korfalt' as the female parent and an unnamed seedling as the male parent. The cross was made in the summer of 1987 at Fredensborg, Denmark.
 
New Zealand - Application No: ROS884  on  30 Jun 2004
Withdrawn, agent changed, Sep 21, 2019
 
United States - Patent No: PP 17,064  on  29 Aug 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
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 garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between `KORfalt` and an unnamed seedling, both unpatented varieties. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1987
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