Floribunda rose plant named ‘POULbella’

#The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and an unnamed seedling. The two parents were crossed in the summer of 1989 and the resulting seeds were planted in a controlled environment. The new variety is named ‘POULbella’.

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

#The unnamed seedling is a tall growing floribunda with bright pink, semi-double flowers. The unnamed seedling is an offspring of EGESKOV, a light pink floribunda and Dolly, a dark pink 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, petals, floral parts, leaves, and stems of ‘POULbella’. Specifically illustrated in SHEET 1:

#1. Stem 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 ‘POULbella’, as observed in its outdoor growth in a field nursery in Jackson County, Oreg. Observations were conducted during August, 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 red 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 ‘POULbella’ in Chart 1.

#CHART 1 ‘POULbella’ ‘POULander’ Flower bud, Red Group 55A to Red Group 46A to at ¼ open 57B. 46B. Upper surface Red-Purple Group 57C. Red Group 46B. of petal on open bloom. Petal count 35-40 petals. 20 petals. of flower. Open flower, 50-80 mm. 60-80 mm bloom size.