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'Coral Castle®' rose Description
'Schackenborg Castle' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Nastasia
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
72 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Floribunda.
Registration name: POUldron
Exhibition name: Countess Celeste ™
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, before 1997). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, before 1997).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S as 'Countess Celeste'.
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 1998 as 'Viking Princess'.
Class:
Floribunda, Mini-Flora.   (Series: Castle ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Pink blend.  Apple fragrance.  40 to 41 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short, mounded.  

Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  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.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
Canada - Application No: 04-4269  on  23 Jun 2004
Application withdrawn on August 27, 2004.
 
New Zealand - Application No: ROS885  on  30 Jun 2004
Withdrawn,agent changed, Sep 21, 2019
 
United States - Patent No: PP 10,923  on  25 May 1999   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/960,794  on  30 Oct 1997
Inventors: Olesen; Pernille (Fredensboro, DK), Olesen; Mogens (Fredensboro, DK)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Shrub rose plant. The varietal denomination of the new variety is `Pouldron`. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `Poulskov` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,062) and an undistributed seedling as its pollen parent.
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