'Flammentanz' Rose

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'Flammentanz' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Helena Verghese Borg

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Flame Dance
• Flaming Dance
• KORflata
• Vlammenspel

HMF Ratings:

71 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Medium red Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: KORflata
Exhibition name: Flammentanz

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, before 1952).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1955 as 'Flammentanz'.

Class:

Climber, Hybrid Rubiginosa, Large-Flowered Climber.

Bloom:

Crimson. Moderate fragrance. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Tall, climbing. Dark green, leathery foliage.

Height: 9'10" to 16'5" (300 to 500cm). Width: up to 4'11" (up to 150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5a through 9b. Can be used for cut flower, garden, landscape or pillar. Very hardy. very vigorous. Disease susceptibility: very blackspot resistant..

Patents:

Germany - Patent No: 675 576

Parentage:

hybrid of Rosa eglanteria L. synonym × Rosa kordesii H. Wulff

Notes:

Mike Lowe of Lowe's Roses says this is the best bright red hardy climber...