'Woman's Value' Rose

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'Woman's Value' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of N. Pierce's Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• KORvalue

HMF Ratings:

20 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORvalue
Exhibition name: Woman's Value

Origin:

Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, 1984).
Introduced in South Africa by Ludwig's Roses as 'Woman's Value'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Cream to coral, ages to darker . Flowers cream to soft coral, deepening to deep salmon. Mild fragrance. 42 petals. Old-fashioned, quartered, quilled bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Medium, bushy, well-branched. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. 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:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Sonia (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1973) × {[ Dr. A.J. Verhage × Colour Wonder] × Zorina}
pollen:	Asso di Cuori ®

Notes:

Zimbabwe patent application No. 8821 on April 25, 1988