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'Nefertiti' rose Description
Photo courtesy of San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
ARS:
Medium yellow Hybrid Tea. Registration name: VIRamber
Bloom:
Amber. None to mild fragrance. Average diameter 6". Very large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, upright. Large, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.
Height: 3' (90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.
Breeder's notes:
This legendary Egyptian princess, wife of Akhnaton, king of Egypt in the 14th century B.C. was obviously unbelievably beautiful, as the sculptured head, on a long neck, considered to be one of the finest existing pieces of Egyptian art, shows. We have always been enamored by Nefertiti, and often conjecture what life in those days would have been like.
When we got a seedling from the cross Julien Potin x First Prize, which had long pointed buds of apricot peach opening to high centered flowers of bronze and wheaten gold, our daughter said, ‘The high neck and glowing color reminds me of Nefertiti. Why don’t you call this rose after the Egyptian beauty?’ So, that’s how this rose got its name.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
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