'Gold Reef ®' Rose

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'Gold Reef ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of anonymous-382123

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• POUldom

HMF Ratings:

18 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: POUldom

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1987). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1987).
Introduced in South Africa by Ludwig's Roses as 'Gold Reef'.
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1999 as 'Gold Reef'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Golden-yellow. Mild fragrance. 20 to 25 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, double (17-25 petals), cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Height: 39" to 4'11" (100 to 150cm). Width: 2' to 32" (60 to 80cm).

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:

Canada - Patent No: 3434 on 30 Dec 2008
Application No: 04-4268 on 23 Jun 2004

Rights surrendered on November 29, 2010.
Denomination: 'Pouldom'
Trade name: Gold Reef
'Pouldom' originated from a cross between 'Korfalt' as the female parent and an unnamed seedling as the male parent. The cross was made in the summer of 1987 at Fredensborg, Denmark.

New Zealand - Application No: ROS884 on 30 Jun 2004

Withdrawn, agent changed, Sep 21, 2019

United States - Patent No: PP 17,064 on 29 Aug 2006 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between `KORfalt` and an unnamed seedling, both unpatented varieties. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1987

Parentage:

Goldmarie 82 × Unnamed Seedling

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