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'Polka ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Henrique Rodrigues Vivián
HMF Ratings:
172 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Large-Flowered Climber. Registration name: MEItosierExhibition name: Polka ™
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber. (Series: Renaissance ® Collection, Romantica ™)
Bloom:
Orange - yellow. Mild, old rose fragrance. 90 to 100 petals. Average diameter 3.75". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Climbing. Semi-glossy, dark green, dense, leathery foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 47" to 12' (120 to 365cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1994/207 on 1994 VIEW PBR PATENT United States - Patent No: PP 9,233 on 8 Aug 1995 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 08/314,389 on 28 Sep 1994 Inventor: Meilland; Alain A., Antibes, FR
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the pollination of the Meipalsar variety (non-patented in the United States) and the Golden Showers variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,557). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was the Light Konigin Lucia variety (non-patented in the United States).....The rose plants of the new variety described herein were three years of age and were observed during September while budded on Rosa froebelii understock and growing outdoors at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France.
Notes:
Treloar Roses says Twilight Glow has large double blooms of a rich creamy apricot which are scalloped in an 'old world' style...
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