'Black Beauty ®' Rose

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'Black Beauty ®' rose Description

My HMF:

'Black Beauty ® (florists rose, Nijenhuis/Kordes, 1996)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Dave Bang

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Black Beauty '99
• KORfleur

HMF Ratings:

24 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD.

ARS:

Dark red Floribunda.
Registration name: KORfleur

Origin:

Discovered by Johannes W. M. Nijenhuis (Netherlands, before 1995). Discovered by Hette Spek (Netherlands, before 1995).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Wholesale) in 1996 as 'Black Beauty'.

Class:

Floribunda, Florists Rose.

Bloom:

Dark red. Mild fragrance. 30 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, narrow. Medium, matte, medium green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. 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 - Patent No: AU2727P on 25 May 2005
Application No: 1999/201 on 12 Jul 1999 VIEW PBR PATENT

Spontaneous mutation: parent ‘Korflapei’ syn Frisco ....Breeder: J.W.M. Neijenhuis, Bemmel, The Netherlands
First overseas sale The Netherlands Mar 1996.

Belgium - Application on 1997

Application terminated

Canada - Patent No: 1749 on 3 Mar 2004
Application No: 97-1079 on 23 May 1997

Rights revoked on July 3, 2008.
Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes, Sparrieshoop, Germany

France - Application on 1998

New Zealand - Patent on 1999

United States - Patent No: PP 11,185 on 25 Jan 2000 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/107,060 on 30 Jun 1998

Inventors: Nijenhuis; Johannes Wilhelmus Maria (Bemmel, NL), Spek; Hette (Boskoop, NL)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the floribunda class which was originated by me by discovering a single branch spontaneous mutation on a rose plant of the variety KORflapei (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,695) growing in a greenhouse in Bemmel, The Netherlands, which bore a red flower as compared to the bright yellow flowers of KORflapei having yellow anthers

Parentage:

sport of Frisco ®

Notes:

Treloar Roses says Black Beauty '99 is a sport of 'Frisco'. It has medium-sized flowers of velvet red with an inclination toward black, with a yellowish reverse...