the Story: Earth Angel is part of Kordes’ Parfuma collection specifically bred for an extra strong scent. It has become a favorite wedding and garden rose in recent years
My Experience: It’s described as “slow to establish”. I didn’t find it particularly slow. It didn’t bloom until August the first year, but it grew. It’s a beautiful rose with an amazing fragrance. It does get yellow leaves a lot so I’m keeping it sprayed. And it still gets yellow leaves. It seems to brown out in excessive heat, but mine also doesn’t seem to produce a lot of flowers. It seems to become anemic if I don’t add iron
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Cultivar Name: Rosa “Earth Angel”
Modern Rose
ARS Class: Floribunda (Fl)
Registration Name: KorGeowim
Other Names: Duchesse Christina, Earth Angel Parfuma, La Belle Rouet, Herzogin Christiana, Christiana, Secret Parfuma, KO 03/1436-02
Awards: 2015 ADR Award Germany
ARS Rating: 8.2
ARS Color: Pink light (lp)
Blooms on: New Wood so prune in spring before flowering. Deadheading produces more flowers.
Bud Shape: globe
Stamen Color: Yellow
Flower Color and Pattern: Solid color. Light pink with cream outer petals
Flower Size: 2.75”
Flower Shape: globular (old-fashioned, peony, tulip)
Petal Count: 95 Petals (Very Full)
Flower Description: peony-like, lightly scalloped petal edges, quartered flower
Fragrance Strength: Strong
Fragrance Type: Fruity/sweet apple, lemon, raspberry
Bloom Habit: Small clusters of flowers per stem.
Bloom Repeat: flushes
Bloom Time: Early spring to late fall
Bloom Heat Tolerance: Petal edges tend to brown in extreme heat
USDA Planting Zone: 5-9
Medium Maintenance
Plant Height: 4’
Plant Width: 3’
Soil Ph: 6.0-7.0
Plant Shape/Growth Habit: Fountain-Shaped Shrub – and a rather scraggly looking one at that.
Plant Characteristics: Vigorous. Establishes slowly.
Disease Resistance: Good
Pest Resistance: Average
Stems: Arching stems
Foliage Color: Medium green
Foliage Surface: ARS says Glossy. Kordes and I say semi-glossy
Foliage Shape: Elongated Oval
Foliage Description: Thick saw-toothed edges
Leaflets: Compound leaflets with 5 leaves
Thorns: Nearly thornless – handful per stem
Thorn Color: Red.
Thorn Size: small
Thorn Form: Downward
Hip size: None
Bred By: Tim-Hermann Kordes
Date Bred/Registered/Introduced: Bred 2003. Introduced in France, Japan and US in 2015.
Location Bred: Germany
Parentage: US patent and European Union patent application say both parents are unnamed seedlings. Australia patent application says parents are AUSham (Austin’s Geoff Hamilton bred in 1997) and an unnamed seedling.
Patent Number, Date and Expiration: US PP 26,836 on 21 June 2016. Australia patent application 3028/267 on 4 Sep 2017. European Union application 2013/2211 on 22 Aug 2013
Obtained from: High County Roses
Obtained as: Quart (5”) pot
Date Planted: 5/8/21
Location Planted: Rose Garden Wrap between sidewalk to driveway and Fimbriata. Originally plated between sidewalk and Rose de Rescht, who passed Summer, 2023
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