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'KORstigma' rose Description
'Goldy Kordana ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of anonymous-27770
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
6 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light yellow Miniature.
Registration name: KORstigma
Origin:
Discovered by Wilhelm Kordes III (1953 - 2016) (Germany, before 1996).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Wholesale) in 1998.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Golden-yellow.  None / no fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Compact, upright, well-branched.  Small, glossy foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 2' (60cm).  Width: 18" (45cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
Canada - Application No: 98-1265  on  11 Mar 1998
Application abandoned on March 26, 2004.
Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, Sparrieshoop, Germany
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,188  on  25 Jan 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/046,494  on  23 Mar 1998
Inventor: Wilhelm Kordes, Sparrieshoop, Germany. Applicant: Bear Crek Gardens, Inc., Medford, Oregon. This rose is a sport of KORklevia (unpatented) November 1996. It differs from its parent in flower color, size of flowers (smaller), more petals,, and no glands on the peduncle.
Notes:
Jackson & Perkins Greenhouse Roses says Goldy Kordana™ has light yellow buds which open to buttery yellow blooms.