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'KO 97/2051-10' rose Description
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'Cherry Girl ® (floribunda, Kordes, 1997/2009)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kamila Rakowska-Szlazkiewicz Rosaplant
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
Origin:
Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1997).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 2009 as 'Cherry Girl'.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2015 as 'Gift of Friendship'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Cherry-red.  Mild to strong fragrance.  60 to 70 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 39" (up to 100cm).  Width: up to 28" (up to 70cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5a and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 22,827  on  3 Jul 2012   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/925,241  on  14 Oct 2010
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 1997. The crossing was between an unnamed seedling and ‘KORparesni’, an unpatented rose from the same inventor.
Notes:
Participated in the 2021 New Zealand trials at Palmerston North