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'Elegant Beauty' rose Description
'Delicia ® (hybrid tea, Kordes 1982)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of asakombu
Availability:
Commercially available
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).
Notes:
Zimbabwe patent application No. 8828 on April 25, 1988
 
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