Floribundarose

Floribundarosen are a group of rose breeding roses, formerly called Polyanthahybriden are crosses between large-flowered Polyantha roses with Hybrid Teas.

Their development is primarily associated with the Danish rose breeder Svend Poulsen, who had set out to create new roses that can withstand the cold Scandinavian winters and short summers maximum should bring in flowers. His first introduction was in 1911 ' Rödhätte ' ' Red Riding Hood '), then followed in 1924 'Else Poulsen ' and 1925 ' Kirsten Poulsen '. However, at that time, these varieties were still referred to as Polyantha hybrids.

The annual number of new varieties has become obvious; therefore, there are now so many intermediate forms of Polyantharosen, Polyantha hybrids, Hybrid Teas and Floribundarosen that you have now summarized these roses to said according to their use of Floribunda group.

Features

• Duration of flowering
• Often very many flowers that resemble hybrid teas especially when it comes to Floribunda Grandiflora Roses ( a body set up in the U.S. rose class that could not prevail in Europe). In some varieties, such as ' Montana ' to bundle so many flowers that the rose of the distance is not recognizable as a rose and it is believed it were umbels rather than a plethora of individual rose petals.
• Flowers, with increasing age of the plant is not, as so often, brighter but darker.
• Mostly good cut roses; therefore they are also referred to as bouquet of roses.

Origin

The term " Floribundarosen " originally by Dr. JN Nicolas, United States and is used in America since 1930 for crosses between hybrid teas and Polyantharosen; during a distinction between these classes in Germany. Seen in the first Floribundarose 1908 was already in Germany: It 's the sort of ' greeting to Aachen by Philipp Geduldig, of which the English rose grower David Austin says it is the first English Rose.

Properties

The Floribundarosen are generally characterized by a very strong, bushy growth from, they are low to medium- high, occasionally higher. The flowers are in large or medium sized, mostly flat objects, the individual flowers are cup -shaped to flat, often filled teerosenartig, medium to large in size. Usually, they are missing the smell, but there are also fragrant varieties.

The yellow Floribundarassen usually have a somewhat weaker growth on than the other varieties, and their leaves are green even brighter in general. All flower colors are represented, from white to the deepest black red, sulfur yellow to dark yellow, orange and copper brown, as well as also lilac flowers to violet purple, and many bi-colored varieties, so yellow / red, pink / red, red / white, purple / brown and other shades.

Popular varieties (Selection)

• ' Abigaile ', Tantau 1988 pink
• ' Tomfoolery ', 1958, orange - red;
• ' Amber Queen', Harkness 1984 amber
• ' Bonica 82', Meilland 1982, pink, rose world;
• ' Edelweiss ', Poulsen 1969, cream white;
• ' Friesia ' Kordes 1973, golden yellow
• ' Greetings to Aachen ', Patient 1909, pink;
• ' Matthias Meilland ', Meilland 1988, red - orange;
• ' Montana ', 1974, blood orange - red;
• ' Pink greeting to Aachen ', 1930, pink, sport of ' greeting to Aachen ';
• ' Snow White ', Kordes 1958, white, world rose;
• 'White Greetings to Aachen ', 1944, white, sport of ' greeting to Aachen ';
• ' Yesterday', Harkness 1974

' Friesia ' Kordes 1973

' Greetings to Aachen ', Patient 1909

' Montana ', Tantau 1974

' Pacific Dream ', James 2006

' Poetry ', Warriner 1988

' Snow White ', Kordes 1958

'Sexy Rexy ', McGredy 1984