Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Red blend
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Other: Florists rose
Extra Color Info: Dark red with yellow stripes
Growth Habit: Short, 2-3 feet, upright
Misc: Thornless or almost thornless
Hybridizer & year: Discovered by W. Kordes & Sons, 2002
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Plant Spread: 1-2 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Red and yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Parentage: Sport of: Hocus Pocus

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Abracadabra'
  • 'KORhocsel'
  • 'Forkasu Porkasu'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: -Tasmania 2014

Date: 2008-11-09
Location: -Tasmania 2014

Date: 2021-06-14
Bloom from cutting less than 1-year old
Location: Peekskill, New York, USA
Date: 2022-11-14
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2010-06-01

Date: 2021-06-20
Second year growth
Location: Brookshire Texas
Date: 2019-11-30
My Abracadabra is in bloom

Date: 2008-11-09
Location: Zone 6b. 
Date: Nov 2021
Abracadabra with different branches reverting to Black Beauty or
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2020-03-08
digital camera
Photo by farmwind

Date: 2008-11-09
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Sep 23, 2011 10:45 PM concerning plant:
    Abracadabra is a sport of Hocus Pocus, which is a sport of Black Beauty. Neither sport is stable and both commonly revert to Black Beauty.
  • Posted by rickycr (Italy - Zone 8b) on Nov 21, 2023 6:53 AM concerning plant:
    It's a small and particular rose. More than once I noticed that the second bloom may occur in just one full color (yellow on mine, I read elsewhere that it can bloom also only in red) instead of the striped one.
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Abracadabra by hndmarshall Dec 5, 2019 5:06 PM 0

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