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• Bekola

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Deep yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Aalsmeer Gold ®
Exhibition name: Aalsmeer Gold ®

Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, 1978).
Introduced in Australia by Roy H. Rumsey Pty. Ltd. in 1981 as 'Aalsmeer Gold'.

Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  

Deep yellow, deep pink shading.  None to mild fragrance.  20 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.  

Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, upright, well-branched.  Medium, glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very mildew resistant.  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.  

United States - Patent No: PP 4,421  on  29 May 1979   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 05/918,559  on  23 Jun 1978

Sierraflor, a wholesale nursery is Ecuador, sells this rose as a cut flower.