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• Dronning Margrethe
• Dronning Margrethe Palace
• Enchantment (floribunda, Poulsen 1991)
• Königin Margrethe
• POUskul
• Queen Margrethe ™

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Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: POUlskov
Exhibition name: Queen Margrethe ™

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1991). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1991).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S as 'Queen Margrethe'.
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 1995 as 'Queen Margrethe'.

Shrub.   (Series: Palace ® Collection)  

Light pink.  Mild, apple fragrance.  48 to 62 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  

Medium, bushy, compact, rounded, well-branched.  Small, glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 26" to 30" (65 to 75cm).  Width: 30" to 35" (75 to 90cm).

USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  Shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  

European Union - Patent No: 304  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950434  on  2 Aug 1995
New Zealand - Patent No: 873  on  29 Jun 1994
Application No: ROS410  on  28 Apr 1992
United States - Patent No: PP 9,062  on  28 Feb 1995   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/195,769  on  10 Feb 1994

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was born on April 16, 1940.

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