Queen Elizabeth (Rose)
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| group | Hybrid tea |
| origin | United States |
| breeder | Lammerts |
| Breeding year | 1954 |
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Queen Elizabeth (syn. Queen of England ), a rose variety from 'Charlotte Armstrong' (hybrid tea) × 'Floradora' (floribunda rose), bred by Walter Edward Lammerts (1904–1996) (USA) and established in 1954 in honor of Queen Elizabeth II . named on the occasion of her coronation. It was the first hybrid of this group, known as Grandiflora Roses in the US. In Europe it is partly counted among the floribunda roses, partly among the tea hybrids.
Properties and use
'The Queen Elizabeth Rose', as it is also called, is a healthy and vigorous hybrid tea with large, shiny leaves. It grows up to 2 m high, is robust, tolerates unfavorable locations and blooms abundantly. Its slightly double, salmon-pink, majestic flowers are rainproof and stand on strong stems. It is a modern rose variety that blooms until frost.
'Queen Elizabeth' received many international awards and was voted World Rose in 1978 . There is a sport 'White Queen Elizabeth' with the same growth and cultivar characteristics, but white flower color.
It is also a parent variety of the rose 'Pascali' , which was also chosen as the world rose in 1991.
Awards
- AARS 1955
- RNS 1955
- ARS Gold 1960
- The Hague 1968
- World Rose 1978
See also
Web links
- 'The Queen Elizabeth' - Variety-specific findings and information on the website of the Friends of the Dresden Rose Garden
- 'Queen Elizabeth' on welt-der-rosen.de
literature
- Heinrich Schultheis: Roses: the best kinds and varieties for the garden , Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8001-6601-1 .
