'Alfabia' Rose

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'Alfabia' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Phil

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Alafabia
• Flower Carpet ® Coral
• Noala
• Norlesa

HMF Ratings:

26 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Shrub.

Origin:

Bred by Werner Noack (Germany, 1991).
Introduced in Germany by Noack-Rosen in 2001 as 'Flower Carpet'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Coral-red. Mild, tea fragrance. Average diameter 3". Medium, single (4-8 petals), in large clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Short. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 31" to 39" (80 to 100cm). Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for ground cover.

Patents:

Australia - Patent No: AU2387P on 20 Feb 2004
Application No: 1999/082 on 12 Apr 1999 VIEW PBR PATENT

seed parent ‘Repandia’ (F1 seedling) x pollen parent ‘Red Summer’ ...Breeder: Werner Noak. Gutersloh, Germany.
The first sale was in Australia in April 2001 followed by its first sale in Germany in November 2001.

Canada - Patent No: 1677 on 8 Dec 2003
Application No: 01-2557 on 2 Mar 2001

Breeder: Reinhard Noack, Gütersloh, Germany
'Noala' originated from the controlled pollination between Red Summer Rose and 'Repandia'. The breeding work was done in Gütersloh, Germany in 1991.

Germany - Patent No: 39966966 on 1997

Italy - Application on 2001

New Zealand - Patent on 1999

South Africa - Application on 2001

United States - Patent No: PP 14,441 on 6 Jan 2004 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/844,073 on 30 Apr 2001

The new variety of the present invention beginning in 1993 has been asexually reproduced

Parentage:

seedling of Repandia ® (shrub, Kordes, 1982) × Red Summer

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