Rose plant named ‘POULen009’

A new garden rose plant of the hybrid tea class which has abundant, pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed female parent plant and the male parent plant ‘POULsyng’, described and illustrated in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/268,299 dated Mar. 16, 1999, now abandoned. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1995 and the resulting seeds were planted in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark. The new variety is named ‘POULen009’.

The new variety may be distinguished from its female parent, by the following combination of characteristics:1. While the seed parent has a light pink flower bud. ‘POULen009’ has an orange flower bud.2. The unnamed seed parent has small flowers of 5 to 8 cm. The same of ‘POULen009’ are 10 to 15 cm.

The new variety may be distinguished from its male pollen parent, ‘POULsyng’, by the following combination of characteristics:1. While the pollen parent ‘POULsyng’ has a flower bud color of Orange Group 27B. The same of ‘POULen009’ is Yellow-Orange Group 19B.2. Flowers of ‘POULsyng’ have 34 to 40 petals. ‘POULen009’ has 45 petals on average.

The objective of the hybridization of this rose variety was to create a new and distinct variety for garden use with unique qualities, such as:1. Uniform and abundant pink flowers;2. Vigorous, but compact growth when propagated both as a budded rose and on its own roots;3. Disease resistance;4. Exceptional fragrance.

This combination of qualities is not present in previously available commercial cultivars of this type, known to the inventors, and distinguish ‘POULen009’ from all other varieties of which we are aware.

As part of their rose development program, L. Pernille Olesen and Mogens N. Olesen germinated the seeds from the aforementioned hybridization during winter of 1995 and conducted evaluations on the resulting seedlings in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark.

‘POULen009’ was selected in the spring 1996 by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the aforementioned hybridization.

Asexual reproduction of ‘POULen009’ by traditional budding and rooted cuttings was first done by L. Pernille and Mogens N. Olesen in their nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in July, 1996. This initial and other subsequent asexual propagations conducted in controlled environments have demonstrated that the characteristics of ‘POULen009’ are true to type and are transmitted from one generation to the next.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

The following is a description of ‘POULen009’, as observed in its growth in a field nursery in Jackson County, Oreg. Observed plants are 3 years of age, grown onRosa multifloraunderstock. Color references are made using The Royal Horticultural Society (London, England) Colour Chart, 1995, except where common terms of color are used.

For a comparison, several physical characteristics of the rose variety ‘Masdoug1’, a non-patented, or applied for rose variety from Guillot and Massard (France) are compared to ‘POULen009’ in Chart 1.

FLOWER AND FLOWER BUD

PLANT

Plant growth: Moderate, upright to bushy. When grown as a budded field grown plant onRosa multifloraunderstock, the average height of the plant is 100 to 150 cm and the average width is 100 cm.Stems:Color.—Young wood: Yellow-Green Group 145A to 144B. Older wood: Yellow-Green Group 145A to 144B.Surface texture.—Young wood: Smooth. Older wood: Smooth.Thorns:Incidence.—8 thorns per 10 cm of stem.Size.—Average length: 6 mm.Color.—Juvenile thorns are Greyed-Red Group 178B to Greyed-Red Group 181A. Mature thorns are Greyed-Yellow Group 161B to Greyed-Orange Group 176A.Shape.—Concave.Plant foliage:Normal number of leaflets on leaves in middle of the stem.—5 to 7.Compound leaf size.—170 mm (l)×125 mm (w).Color.—Mature Foliage: Upper Leaf Surface: Green Group 138A to Yellow-Green Group 144A. Lower Leaf Surface: Green Group 143C. Juvenile foliage: Upper Leaf Surface: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Lower Leaf Surface: Yellow-Green Group 144B to 144C. Anthocyanin: Location: Margins of juvenile foliage. Color: Greyed-Red Group 178A.Plant leaves and leaflets:Stipules.—Size: 30 mm in length. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Margins: Finely serrated with above average incidence of stipitate glands.Petiole.—Length: 42 mm. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144C. Underneath: Anthocyanin Greyed-Orange Group 176A.Rachis.—Color: Yellow-Green Group 144C. Underneath: Prickles observed.Leaflet.—Size: 60 to 65 mm (l)×45 to 50 mm (w). Edge: Serrated. Shape: Ovate. Base shape is rounded. Apex is cuspidate. Texture: Smooth. Arrangement: Odd pinnate. Venation: Reticulate. Glossiness: Glossy.Disease resistance: Above average resistance to mildew, rust, black spot, and Botrytis under normal growing conditions in Jackson County, Oreg.Cold hardiness: The variety ‘POULen009’ has been found to be cold tolerant to USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6.