'Nikita ®' Rose

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'Nikita ®' rose Description

My HMF:

'Nikita ® (floribunda, Ilsink, 1988)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• INTerniki

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Floribunda.
Registration name: INTerniki
Exhibition name: Nikita ®

Origin:

Bred by G. Peter Ilsink (Netherlands, before 1988).
Introduced in Netherlands by Interplant BV in 1988 as 'Nikita'.

Class:

Floribunda, Florists Rose.

Bloom:

Red. None / no fragrance. 35 to 40 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Small, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered, reflexed bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Short, bushy, upright, well-branched. Medium, glossy, dark green, dense foliage.

Height: 18" (45cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Vigorous.

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1991/014 on 23 Jan 1991 VIEW PBR PATENT

Synonym: Nikita. Applicant: G.P. Ilsink, Interplant BV.

United States - Patent No: PP 8,114 on 26 Jan 1993 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/715,342 on 14 Jun 1991

Observations made from specimens grown a greenhouse environment in Somis, Calif. from January, 1990, to February, 1991.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Nikita