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'Olympic Palace ®' rose Description
'Olympic Palace ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Rozarium
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
13 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange blend Shrub.
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1996). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1996).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2001 as 'Olympic Palace'.
Class:
Mini-Flora, Miniature.   (Series: Palace ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Copper, golden-yellow shading.  Mild, spice fragrance.  25 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, very double, borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Glossy foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 9.5" to 10" (25cm).  Width: 10" to 11" (25 to 30cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.  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:
Australia - Application No: 2004/153  on  2004   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
Canada - Patent No: 1452  on  10 Mar 2003
Application No: 98-1516  on  15 Oct 1998
Rights surrendered on March 21, 2011.
Denomination: 'POULymp'
Synonym: Olympic Palace
Trade name: Olympic Palace
 
United States - Patent No: PP 16,744  on  4 Jul 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/607,327  on  30 Jun 2000
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and an unnamed seedling....`POULymp` was selected by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization in Fredensborg, Denmark, in the spring of 1996.
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