Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Other: Pompon
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Extra Bloom Info: In large clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Growth Habit: Compact, 2-3 feet tall and 2 feet wide, but much taller and wider if grafted and grown in the hotter zones
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: W. Kordes & Sons, 2005
Awards: ADR: 2006

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)
Plant Height: 2-3 feet if own-root; 5-7 feet if grafted
Plant Spread: 2 feet if own-root; 5-7 feet if grafted
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: Other: ADR 2006
Parentage: unknown

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Pomponella'
  • 'KORpompan'
  • 'Pomponella Fairy Tale'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-10-01
Uploaded by Aerith
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-05-30

Date: 2018-06-22

Date: 2018-06-22
Uploaded by Aerith
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-19
At rest on a hydrandea leaf in the rain.
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: New York Botanical Garden (Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden), New York, New York
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: Prescott, AZ
Date: 2017-08-17
A fairly typical spray of flowers on a third year plant: second f
Location: Cranford Rose Garden, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Date: 2017-06-18
White rose in the background is Eskimo.
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus OH USA
Date: 2016-06-26
Location: New York Botanical Garden (Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden), New York, New York
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-10-30
Still blooming on October 30 in my zone 6b garden!

Date: 2019-07-02
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-14
First summer in my garden.
Uploaded by Aerith
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2008-05-31
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-20
Pomponella's first bloom in my garden

photo credit: Usien
Location: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus OH USA
Date: 2016-06-25
Location: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus OH USA
Date: 2016-06-26
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-20
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Pomponella... by wcgypsy Jun 27, 2012 7:27 AM 4

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