'Elegant Beauty' Rose

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'Elegant Beauty' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Delicia ® (hybrid tea, Kordes 1982)
• KORgatum

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORgatum
Exhibition name: Elegant Beauty

Origin:

Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, 1982).

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Light yellow, seashell-pink shading. None to mild fragrance. 20 petals. Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long buds.

Habit:

Tall, bushy, upright. Large, matte, dark green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 7b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

New Day × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Zimbabwe patent application No. 8828 on April 25, 1988