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We produce hybrid tea, floribunda, climber, ground cover, and miniature varieties from the Kordes roses.

It was in 2008 when we budded the protected varieties of W.Kordes Söhne under a licence agreement. The budding was successful, and we are proud to present the roses to our customers.

The quantity of the budded roses were limited, but we try to satisfy all of our interested partners. Those private buyers, who are interested in a few plants only, can purchase these roses under the same conditions as they can buy the protected Meilland and Poulsen varieties. Choose from thelists bellow and we send them by mail. On the other hand our wholesaler and retailer customers also can have samples, from these beoutiful plants and under a firm order we can produce considerable, commercial amounts in the next production period for them. The list of varieties is not limited to the varieties bellow, since we are able to get propagating material for any W.Kordes Söhne varieties.

Hybrid Tea Roses

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Variety	Colour	Bare-rooted	Potted
Solero^®	yellow

The Hybrid Tea Roses mean "The Roses" for the non-specialists, against that they were introduced into the gardens quite late. They develop single flowers (or only a few) on the top of their long, straight, upright shoots. Their buds are oval due to the elongated central petals. Their buds open into nearly palm-sized flowers. They are characterized by strong upright growth. The provide beautiful display if planted into groups with relatively big distance from each other, or one by one. They are between 60 to 120 cm in height. They are repeating well! Most of the cut roses were bred from hybrid tea varieties.

Floribunda Roses

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Variety	Colour	Bare-rooted	Potted
Andalusien^®	dark red
Aprikola^®	dark apricot
Bad Birnbach^®	shiny salmon pink
Cubana^®	apricot
Gebrüder Grimm^®	flaring orange with yellow back
Goldmarie 82^®	golden yellow
Home & Garden^®	clear pink
Innocencia^®	clear white
Lions-Rose^®	creamy white opens with a touch of apricot and pink shade
Rosarium Uetersen^®	dark pink, turns to silvery pink
Rotilia^®	bright crimson

They are the results of crossing hybrid teas with polyanthas, so there are a number of flowers on the top of the shoots. forming umbel, but the shape of the flowers and the buds resemble to those of the hybrid teas. They open up into a carpet of flowers. They are characterized by a bushy growth. They produce a nice hedge covered by flowers all over if planted relatively close to each other. They grow up to 50-90 cm. They are less good in vase or boquet than the hybrid teas.

Climber and Rambler Roses

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Variety	Colour	Bare-rooted	Potted
Aloha^®	apricot with yellow and red shades
Amadeus^®	dark red
Golden Gate^®	golden yellow turns to pale yellow
Rosarium Uetersen^®	dark pink turns to silvery pink

The two groups of high growing roses are the climbers and the ramblers. It is easy to distinguis them by their growing habit, since the climber varieties are the high growing sports of the corresponding shrub roses, so they grow slower and they are lower then the ramblers. Earlier the ramblers had some disadvantage, that they bloomed only once a year. The modern, recently bred ramblers cannot be identified by their blooming habit!

Ground Cover Roses

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Variety	Colour	Bare-rooted	Potted
Innocencia^®	clear white
Mainaufeuer^®	dark red
Sommerabend^®	bright dark red
Sunny Rose^®	pale yellow

This relatively new group of garden roses was introduced on the basis of the needs of landscape architects, since the house ownwers and the officals responsible for public parks, streets etc. are also after rose varieties which provide beautiful continous display beside low maintenance. The common characteristics of the ground cover roses, that they grow low and mostly wide, so they can prevent the growing of weeds if planted them into proper distance. It is also required to be resistant against pests and diseases and they should produce flowers continously without pruning.

Miniature Roses

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Variety	Colour	Bare-rooted	Potted
Little Sunset^®	yellow with red edges
Pepita^®	dark pink
Roxy^®	dark violet

Recently, miniature versions of all types of roses have been produced. The urbanization brought this course of breeding to life. The common characteristics of these roses are that they retained the shape of the flowers and the petalcount of the original type, but the plants are smaller, in all proporsions. Earlier there were firms, hardly can be called breeders, which achieved the dwarfed growth by chemical treatment. The roses regained their original sized within a few years after they had planted outdoors.

ADR award - Performance Testing of New Rose Varieties in Germany

There are 11 test sites in Germany, where the nominated new varieties tested for years. Their ability to resist diseases and pests. They are checked for hardiness, petalcount, attractiveness scent, and groth habit. There have been around 1500 new varieties nominated, but only 121 varieties have been awarded by ADR recognition. It can be withdrawn!

	Szőregi Virág-Dísznövény ÁFÉSZ
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