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'Red Flower Carpet' rose Description
'Red Flower Carpet' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Sheldon, John & Robyn
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• Flower Carpet ® Heidefeuer
• Flower Carpet Red
• Flower Carpet Ruby
• Heidefeuer ®
• NOAfeuer
HMF Ratings:
34 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Dark red.
Registration name: NOAfeuer
Origin:
Bred by Werner Noack (Germany, 1986).
Class:
Floribunda, Shrub.  
Bloom:
Dark red.  None / no fragrance.  Average diameter 2".  Semi-double (9-16 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy.  Large, glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 20" to 32" (50 to 80cm).  Width: 3' (90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1996/014  on  1996   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
European Union - Patent No: 2436  on  1 Sep 1997
Application No: 95/0878
Holder: Noack, Werner. Approved Denomination: NOAfeuer.
 
Germany - Patent No: 1147181
Trademark
 
United States - Patent No: PP 10,084  on  28 Oct 1997   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application  on  12 Apr 1996
The US Patent for this rose describes it as follows: Flower Carpet Red ('Heidefeuer™', NOAfeuer) is a Floribunda which forms continuously throughout the season attractive long-lasting light to medium red blossoms with yellow stamens... Parentage as shown... A two-year old plant commonly will form approximately 50 blossoms that are borne in 3 to 4 sprays. A spray commonly will last up to four weeks. The plant is winter hardy and sets red-brown hips...
Parentage:
seed: Irish Wonder × Paprika ® (floribunda, Tantau 1956)
pollen: Flower Carpet ® Pink
Notes: