Petal Pals
floribunda · 2013
Herzogin Christiana
Rosa 'KORgeowim'
0.5 to 2.15 meters
Height
Repeat
Blooming
Full sun
Light
5–9
Zone
Plant & Flower Traits
Rose type
floribunda
Bloom size
2.75 inches
Bloom habit
Globular, old-fashioned, pom-pom shaped, double flowers.
Petal count
85 to 95 petals
Flowering
repeat blooming
Habit
bushy
Color
blush
Fragrance
strong
Foliage
Medium to dark green
Foliage surface
Semi-glossy to glossy
Fragrance Notes
Apple, lemon, rose, and sweet fragrance with a champagne-like fruity top note.
Color Description
Light pink with creamy outer petals, often fading to near-white in heat
🌱 Growth & Garden Habits
Light
Full sun
Height
0.5 to 2.15 meters
Spread
0.1 to 0.5 meters
Soil
Fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil; tolerates chalk, clay, loam, and sand.
Hardiness Zone
Zone 5–9
Disease Resistance
Good disease resistance
🌿 Care Guide
Watering
Requires 1-2 inches of water a week to thrive; keep soil moist but well-drained.
Fertilizer
Apply a general rose or shrub fertilizer in early spring and again in early summer.
Pruning
Pruning group 16 (floribunda and hybrid tea roses); prune in late winter or early spring.
Pests & Diseases
Susceptible to aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose slugworm sawfly, and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Blooms are prone to balling in wet weather.
🧬 Pedigree
Geoff Hamilton × Unnamed Seedling