Rosairum Uetersen®

This rose's location in the garden is SW 9.

• Classification:   Climber (large-flowered)
• Flower Color:  deep pink
• Flower Size:  4-4.5 inches
• Flower Form:  open ruffled petals in large clusters
• Petal Count:  100-140
• Fragrance:  slight to moderate, apple
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:  large, medium green, glossy
• Plant Height:  6-12 feet
• Plant Width:  6-10 feet
• Growth Habit:  vigorous
• Disease Resistant:  very
• Hybridizer:  Wilhelm Kordes (Germany)
• Registered:  1977
• Parentage:  ‘Karlsruhe’ x seedling
• ARS* Rating:  8.5 (a very good to excellent rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:

• 1980 New Zealand Gold Star of the South Pacific, New Zealand Rose Trials

 
Notes:

• “The Rosarium Uetersen is a rose garden located in the Rosenstadt  Uetersen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and is the oldest and largest rose garden in Northern Germany.  Today’s rosarium was created between 1929 and 1934, and opened to the public on the occasion of the 700 year festivities of Uetersen on June 23, 1934.  The park, originally designed by landscaping architect  Berthold Thormählen and three well-known German rose breeders from Holstein, Mathias Tantau, Wilhelm Kordes, and Krause, covers at present over 2.5 acres, and is open to the public.” –(Wikipedia, “Rosarium Uetersen”) retrieved March 2020.

• Synonyms include ‘Seminole Wind’, ‘The Halcyon Days Rose’ and ‘Uetersen’.