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'Sheer Elegance ™' rose Description
'Sheer Elegance ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
TWObe
HMF Ratings:
25 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: TWObe
Exhibition name: Sheer Elegance ™
Origin:
Bred by Jerry F. Twomey (United States, 1989).
Introduced in United States by DeVor-Brown Rose Company Archive in 1990 as 'Sheer Elegance'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Orange-pink, pink outer petals, yellow undertones, white reverse.  Mild to strong, musk fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), high-centered, scalloped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Glossy, leathery foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 42" (105cm).  Width: 30" (75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 7,901  on  7 Jul 1992   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/611,512  on  13 Nov 1990
Inventor: Twomey; Jerry, Leucadid CA
My new variety of rose plant originated as a hybrid seedling produced at Carlsbad, Calif. by crossing the variety `Pristine` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,997 with the variety `Fortuna` (unpatente
Notes:
According to the New Zealand Plant Variety Rights (PVR) web page, application for a PVR Grant for this rose was made May 18, 1993 and granted May 8, 1995 (PVR Grant No. 949). The breeder's Reference for this rose is Twobe. The New Zealand Trade Name is 'Sheer Elegance'. This PVR Grant expires May 8, 2018.