'Fiji ™' Rose

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'Fiji ™' rose Description

My HMF:

'Fiji ™ (hybrid tea, Kordes, 2002)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of ParisRoseLady

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Cherry Lady ®
• KO 02/1131-01
• KORladcher

HMF Ratings:

15 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Cherry Lady ® (hybrid tea, Kordes, 2002/12)

Origin:

Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2002).
Introduced in United States by Newflora™ LLC as 'Cherry Lady'.
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2012 as 'Cherry Lady'.
Introduced in United States by Edmunds' Roses in before 2013 as 'Fiji'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea. (Series: Eleganza® Collection )

Bloom:

Deep pink. Cherry-pink. Mild fragrance. 55 to 65 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Leafy sepals, long, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Arching, bushy, dense, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm). Width: up to 32" (up to 80cm).

Growing:

Disease susceptibility: very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 26,171 on 1 Dec 2015 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/987,680 on 20 Aug 2013

The new variety of rose plant of the present invention originated from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 2002. The crossing was between an un-named seedling, the seed parent, and another un-named seedling, the pollen parent by the same inventor.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Introduced in North America as 'Fiji'