" citizenry repeatedly ask me why the name ' Viking Roses ? ' Well , we make out in with our navigation ship , beards , helmets , and swords and then take home all the pretty cleaning woman … No , I ’m josh , " John Pouw retain , " our varieties are problematical on the outdoor but strong - hearted on the interior . "
Breeder Rosa Eskelund at the IFTF holding one of the Viking Roses .
How it startedWhen John team up up with the Danish breeders Rosa and Harley Eskelund of Roses Forever , very successful in pot and garden roses ( with the brands ' incessantly ' , ' Infinity , ' ' Plant’n’Relax ' ) , he find a 10 - year - inventory of potential cut rose , waiting for further examination . In her fostering , Rosa had developed her own genetical pool without a free fall of excision arise blood . He define up test with commercial-grade growers in The Netherlands , Kenya , and Ecuador inside greenhouses and open - air in Denmark and The Netherlands . Results : great colour and nostalgic shapes , good vase life , astonishing disease resistance ( hence the name ' Viking Roses ' ) , but red ink of duration at higher altitudes . Four varieties make out out of this first generation : Firecracker , Rosa get it on Me Just a piffling Bit More , Rosa Loves Me Two Times , andRosa Loves Me Inger Kristine .
Firecracker
Rosa then set herself the challenge of maintaining the colors , condition , and ohmic resistance but add root word distance . answer : Rosa Loves Me with Fatal AttractionandRosa Loves Me I Am Gratefulare now also available for florist shop , andRosa get it on Me with Champagne Delight , andRosa roll in the hay Me Yes , I Doare shortly introduced .
Inger Kristine , with Rosa Loves Me Inger Kristine ( Grown in Kenya )
Keep it exclusiveAccording to John , it is important to keep Rosa ’s ' garden type ' deletion blush wine sole , and they have , therefore , never tried to flood the market with the varieties . " We started with a single grower in South America , and in Africa , we get down with one in Ethiopia . Over the years , the number of growers growing this line increased slow . Now , quite some growers in South America and Kenya are growing and trialing the varieties . "
Rosa Loves Me Just a Little Bit More , and Rosa Loves Me Two Times
Covid proved instrumentalDuring the pandemic , Rosa could n’t travel and drop her days in the bringing up and selection house . Now , a third generation of Vikings has started their pre - commercial-grade phase with producer in Africa and Latin America .
RosaLoves Me Yes , I Do
Sailing on a new crusadeTime for Rosa to slow down down or even retire ? " No fashion , " she react , usher her Sicilian roots in her eyes , " For yr , I have been sail on a raw drive : bouquet and vase life . Roses must be colorful , resistive , last for two weeks , and have scent ! " For a Viking , there is no mission impossible .
Rosa Loves Me with Fatal Attraction
IFTFEager to see the Viking Roses in real life and encounter the Viking Roses team ? At theIFTFin Vijfhuizen , the Netherlands , which will take place from November 9 - 11 , they will be showcasing their smorgasbord at the Roses Forever booth , numeral B2.24 .
Rosa Loves Me I Am Grateful , and Rosa bonk Me with Champagne Delight
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For more information : Viking RosesJohn Pouw[email protected]www . VikingRoses.com
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