'Diamond Head' Rose

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'Diamond Head' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of William Grant

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Diamond Border ™
• POUl 91/1207-2
• POUldiram

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Shrub.
Registration name: POUldiram
Exhibition name: Diamond Head

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1990). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1990).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2000 as 'Diamond Border'.

Class:

Polyantha, Shrub. (Series: Towne & Country ® Series)

Bloom:

White, cream shading. None to mild fragrance. 12 to 18 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, flat to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Tall, arching, bushy. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 39" to 4'11" (100 to 150cm). Width: up to 35" (up to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9b. Hardy. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Patents:

Australia - Patent No: AU3989P on 24 Mar 2010
Application No: 2004/183 on 15 Jun 2004 VIEW PBR PATENT

seed parent ‘MEIdomonac’ x pollen parent un-named seedling. Hybridization took place in spring 1990 in Fredensborg, Denmark.
First sold in the EU in Nov 2000

Canada - Patent No: 1358 on 3 Feb 2003
Application No: 98-1285 on 20 Mar 1998

Rights surrendered on January 7, 2010.
Denomination: 'POULdiram'
Previously Proposed Denomination: 'POULdiam'
Trade name: Diamond Head

European Union - Patent on 1997

New Zealand - Patent on 2003

South Africa - Patent on 2002

United States - Patent No: PP 12,568 on 23 Apr 2002 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/273,167 on 19 Mar 1999

Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing conducted in the summer of 1990 between `Bonica 82` and an unnamed seedling.....`POULdiram` was selected by the inventors in the Spring of 1991 as a single plant from the progeny of the aforementioned hybridization.

Parentage:

Bonica ® (shrub, Meilland, 1975) × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

This rose is known as 'Diamond Head' in the USA.
Internal breeder code: 91/1207-2. No. 92 in the 1997 Monza Competition (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli.)