Floribunda rose plant ‘POULdom’

A new floribunda garden rose plant which has abundant, golden-yellow 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 ‘KORfalt’ and an unnamed seedling, both unpatented varieties. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1987 and the resulting seeds were planted in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark. The new variety is named ‘POULdom’.

The new rose may be distinguished from its seed parent, ‘KORfalt’, by the following combination of characteristics:1. The seed parent is a yellow floribunda with red intonations on its outer petals, while ‘POULdom’ is a golden yellow floribunda.2. The seed parent has a typical petal count of 35, while that of ‘POULdom’ is 20 to 25.

The new variety may be distinguished from its pollen parent, an unnamed seedling, by the following combination of characteristics:1. The pollen parent is a clear yellow flower and ‘POULdom’ is a golden-yellow flower.2. ‘POULdom’ is a semi-double rose exhibiting 20-25 petals while the pollen parent is a double rose averaging 35 petals.

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 flowers;2. Vigorous, but compact growth when propagated both as a budded rose and on its own roots;3. Disease resistance.

This combination of qualities is not present in previously available commercial cultivars of this type and distinguish ‘POULdom’ 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 1987 and conducted evaluations on the resulting seedlings in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark.

‘POULdom’ was selected in the spring 1998 by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the aforementioned hybridization.

Asexual reproduction of ‘POULdom’ by traditional budding and rooted cuttings was first done by L. Pernille and Mogens N. Olesen in their nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in August, 1998. This initial and other subsequent asexual propagations conducted in controlled environments have demonstrated that the characteristics of ‘POULdom’ are true to type and are transmitted from one generation to the next.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

The following is a description of ‘POULdom’, as observed in its growth in a field nursery in Jackson County, Oreg. 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 ‘POULreb’, a rose variety from the same inventors described and illustrated in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/287,295 dated Mar. 31, 1999 are compared to ‘POULdom’ in Chart 1.

FLOWER AND FLOWER BUD

Blooming habit: Continuous.Flower bud:Size.—Upon opening, 30 mm in length from base of receptacle to end of bud.Bud form.—Long, pointed ovoid.Bud color.—As sepals unfold, Yellow-Orange Group 17B-D. Yellow-Orange Group 16A-B at ¼ opening.Sepals.—Green Group 144B. Strong foliaceous appendages on three of the five sepals. Surfaces of sepals moderately pubescent. Stipitate glands are present on outer surface and edges of sepals.Receptacle.—Surface: Slightly pubescent. Shape: Funnel. Size: Medium. 7 mm (h)×8 mm (w). Color: Yellow-Green Group 144B with anthocyanin noted of Greyed-Purple Group 183B.Peduncle.—Surface: Medium number of stipitate glands. Length: 50-70 mm average length. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144B-C with anthocyanin noted of Greyed-Purple Group 183B. Strength: Upright.Borne.—Singularly.Flower bloom:Fragrance.—Light and fresh.Duration.—The blooms have a duration on the plant of approximately 10 to 13 days.Size.—Medium. Average flower diameter is 65-70 mm when open.Form.—Shape of flower when viewed from the side: Upon opening, upper part: Cupped. Upon opening, lower part: Flattened convex. Open flower, upper part: Convex. Open flower, lower part: Flattened convex.Petalage: Double. Average range: 20-25 petals under normal conditions with 2-3 petaloids.Color:Upon opening, petals:Outermost petals.—Outer side: Yellow Group 9C. Inner Side: Base: Yellow Group 9C. Marginal zone: Yellow-Orange Group 16B.Innermost petals.—Outer side: Yellow Group 9A. Inner Side: Yellow-Orange Group 16B at margins with an overlap of Red Group 38A-B.After opening, petals:Outermost petals.—Outer side: Base: Yellow Group 9B. Marginal zone: Yellow Group 5C. Inner Side: Yellow Group 6C-D.Innermost petals.—Outer side: Yellow Group 7AB. Inner Side: Base: Yellow Group 7C. Marginal/Middle Zone: Yellow-Orange Group 19B-C.General tonality: On open flower Orange Group 21A to Yellow Group 9B. No change in the general tonality at the end of the 6th day. Afterwards, general tonality is Yellow Group 8B.Petals:Petal reflex.—Slightly.Petal edge.—With point in center of margin.Shape: Round.Petaloids.—Present. Quantity: 3-5.Thickness.—Thick.Arrangement.—Imbricated.Reproductive organs:Pollen.—Color: Greyed-Orange Group 163A. Quantity: Average.Anthers.—Size: Medium. Color: Greyed Group 160A. Quantity: Average.Filaments.—Color: Yellow Group 13A.Stigmas.—Superior in location to anthers. Color: Greyed-Yellow Group 160A.Styles.—Color: White Group 155A with intonations of Greyed-Yellow Group 160A.Hips.—

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