'Éterna ®' Rose

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'Éterna ®' rose Description

My HMF:

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, before 1976). Bred by André Delbard-Chabert (1915-2012) (France, before 1976).
Introduced in France by Delbard/Georges Delbard SA in 1978 as 'Éterna'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Light pink. (Rose dragée). None to mild fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Large, full (26-40 petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright, well-branched. Leathery foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: up to 28" (up to 70cm).

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 No: 05/859,995 on 12 Dec 1977

Inventors: Delbard; Georges A. (Paris, FR)

Parentage:

seed:	[ Michèle Meilland × Carla (hybrid tea, deRuiter, 1963)] × [ Dr. Schweitzer × Tropicana]
pollen:	Queen Elizabeth (Hybrid Tea, Lammerts before 1951) × Provence (hybrid tea, Paolino, 1935)

Notes:

Eterna was removed from the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens (ARBG) Display Trial because its trial period expired.