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'White Elfe' rose Description
Photo courtesy of jedmar
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Polyantha.
Registration name: White Elfe
Exhibition name: White Elfe
Class:
Floribunda, Florists Rose, Polyantha.
Bloom:
White, blush shading. Mild fragrance. 40 to 45 petals. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed buds.
Habit:
Bushy. Large, dark green, leathery foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height: 2' to 6' (60 to 185cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,377 on 12 Apr 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 443,190 on 13 Jul 1954 Victor E. Holmes, San Bruno, Calif., assignor to Avansino-Mortensen & Company, San Bruno, Calif.
My present discovery relates to a white sport of the German polyantha rose known as Rosenelfe or Rose Elfe (unpatented). It was discovered by me at the San Bruno, California, rose range of the company of which I am part owner, in the course of my usual duties of looking out for new and unusual plants.
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