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'Zwergkönig' rose Description
'Dwarfking' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium red Miniature.
Registration name: Dwarfking
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1956).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in before 1958 as 'Zwergkönig'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Carmine-red, yellow undertones.  Mild, tea fragrance.  up to 25 petals.  Average diameter 0.75".  Small, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small buds.  
Habit:
Short, compact.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 8" to 15" (20 to 40cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,577  on  12 Mar 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 588,595  on  31 May 1956
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