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• Elfe

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White, near white or white blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Elfe (floribunda, Tantau, 1945)
Exhibition name: Elfe (floribunda, Tantau, 1945)

Bred by Mathias Tantau (1882 - 1953) (Germany, 1945).
Introduced in Germany by Rosen-Tantau/Tantau Roses in 1951 as 'Elfe'.

Floribunda.  

White, pink shading.  Strong fragrance.  10 petals.  Medium to large, single to semi-double, in large clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed buds.  

Bushy, upright.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: up to 32" (up to 80cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

Triploid

Modern Roses 10 reported that this rose was extinct, in order that the name could be assigned to a new 'Elfe'.
Mentioned in the American Rose Annual 1952 as one of the New Roses of the World.