Floribunda rose plant named ‘POULriber’

#The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed, non-patented seedling and ‘MACrexy’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,713). The two parents were crossed and the resulting seeds were planted in a controlled environment. The new variety is named ‘POULriber’.

#The new rose may be distinguished from its seed parent, an unnamed seedling, by the following combination of characteristics:

#1. The seed parent is a miniature rose, and ‘POULriber’is a Floribunda;

#The accompanying color illustration shows, as true as is reasonably possible to obtain in color photographs of this type, the typical characteristics of the buds, flowers, leaves, and stems of ‘POULriber’. Specifically illustrated in SHEET 1:

#1. Stem of the plant showing branching and the attachment of leaves, buds, and peduncles;

#2. Flower bud, partially opened bud, and open bloom;

#The following is a description of ‘POULriber’, as observed in its outdoor growth in a field nursery in Jackson County, Oreg. Observations were conducted during October, 1998. 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 ‘POULander’, a Floribunda rose variety from the same inventors described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,265 and issued on Aug. 30, 1988 are compared to ‘POULriber’ in Chart 1.

#CHART 1 ‘POULriber’ ‘POULander’ Size of open 65-75 mm. 60-80 mm. flower. Petalage. Double, 18-22 Double, 20 petals. petals. General tonality Red Group 40C-41B. Red Group 46B-C. of flower.