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Pink blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: KORlupo
Exhibition name: Harlekin ™ (LCl, Kordes 1986)

Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, before 1986).

Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.  

Cream, red edges.  Flowers cream white with reddish edges upper.  Strong, wild rose fragrance.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

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

Height: 8'2" to 12' (250 to 365cm).  

USDA zone 4b and warmer.  Can be used for garden or pillar.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.  

Germany - Patent No: 1 092 739

Participated in the 1986 Monza Competition. (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli.)