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'Garden Friend' rose Description
'Garden Friend' rose photo
Photo courtesy of MMastnak
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
2 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Deep pink Shrub.
Exhibition name: Flamingo Kolorscape ™
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 2001).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2013 as 'Gartenfreund'.
Introduced in United States by Newflora™ LLC in 2014 as 'Flamingo Kolorscape'.
Introduced in France by Globe Planter in 2016 as 'Chabadabada'.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2017 as 'Garden Friend'.
Class:
Floribunda, Shrub.   (Series: Kolorscape® Collection)  
Bloom:
Deep pink.  Mild fragrance.  12 to 18 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, dense, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 16" to 30" (40 to 75cm).  Width: 16" to 26" (40 to 65cm).
Growing:
Vigorous.  
Patents:
European Union - Application No: 2013/2213  on  22 Aug 2013
 
United States - Patent No: PP 23,529  on  16 Apr 2013   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/135,852  on  15 Jul 2011
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 2001. The crossing was between an ‘un-named seedling’ and an ‘un-named seedling’.
Notes:
Christened August 2, 2013 at the igs (International Garden Show) in Hamburg. Sibling of 'Milano' - see.
Breeder named on Gartenfreund
Gartenfreund