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'Seashell' rose Description
'Seashell (hybrid tea, Kordes, 1976)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Robert Neil Rippetoe
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
22 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORshel
Exhibition name: Seashell
Origin:
Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, 1976).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 1976 as 'Seashell'.
Introduced in Australia by Roy H. Rumsey Pty. Ltd. in 1977 as 'Seashell'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Salmon-pink.  Mild fragrance.  48 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Medium, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 4' (120cm).  Width: 3' (90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 3,685   VIEW USPTO PATENT
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