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'Elysée Castle' rose Description
'Elysée Castle' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cass
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Shrub.
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1992). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1992).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2003 as 'Elysée Castle'.
Class:
Floribunda, Mini-Flora.   (Series: Castle ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Light pink.  Mild to strong fragrance.  up to 60 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), in large clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, dense, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 39" (60 to 100cm).  Width: up to 30" (up to 75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders or container rose.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 15,859  on  12 Jul 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/812,715  on  29 Mar 2004
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the female parent plant named `POULket` which is non-patented, and the male parent plant, an un-named seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1992
Notes:
Source: Visby