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'Nikita ®' rose Description
'Nikita ® (floribunda, Ilsink, 1988)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium red Floribunda.
Registration name: INTerniki
Exhibition name: Nikita ®
Origin:
Bred by Gerrit Pieter 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.
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