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'Éterna ®' rose Description
'Éterna ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Mike Gleason's Rose Gardens
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• DELic
HMF Ratings:
8 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: DELic
Exhibition name: Éterna ®
Origin:
Bred by Georges Delbard (1905-1999) (France, 1977).
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Light pink.  Mild fragrance.  30 to 35 petals.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 4,440  on  19 Jul 1979   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application  on  12 Dec 1977
Parentage:
seed:[ Michèle Meilland × Carla (hybrid tea, deRuiter, 1963)] × [ Dr. Schweitzer × Tropicana]
pollen: Queen Elizabeth (Hybrid Tea, Lammerts, 1954) × Provence (hybrid tea, Paolino, 1945)
Notes:
Eterna was removed from the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens (ARBG) Display Trial because its trial period expired.