'Independence' Rose

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'Independence' rose Description

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'Geranium (floribunda, Kordes before 1943)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of 40 Inches

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Geranium (floribunda, Kordes before 1943)
• Kordes' Sondermeldung (floribunda, Kordes before 1943)
• Reina Elisenda

HMF Ratings:

70 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Floribunda.
Registration name: Independence

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, before 1943).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in before 1951 as 'Kordes' Sondermeldung'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1952 as 'Kordes' Sondermeldung'.

Class:

Floribunda, Polyantha (Europe).

Bloom:

Orange-red to scarlet. Moderate fragrance. 35 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, urn-shaped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Well-branched. Large, glossy, dark green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Hardy. heat tolerant. rain tolerant. Disease susceptibility: 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.

Patents:

Germany - Patent No: 621476, 920212

trademarks of 'Kordes Sondermeldung'
as well as 621475 for 'Independence'

United States - Patent No: PP 1,036 on 18 Sep 1951 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Baby Château × Crimson Glory (hybrid tea, Kordes 1935)

Notes:

US patent lineage states as 'self-seedling of an un-named seedling of Crimson Glory x Baby Château, which differs from the lineage sited in REFERENCES

The name 'Nezhenka' was mentioned as the Russian name for this rose in a lecture by Vera Klimenko at the Fourth International Rose Conference, London 1968.