Picture taken by KBW in Rose Garden in Niagara Park, Ontario, Canada on 14 Oct 13. Each picture is of a different plant.
Common Name: Queen Elizabeth
Other Names: Queen of England, The Queen Elizabeth Rose ®
Type: Floribunda, Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.
Bred by: Dr. Walter E. Lammerts (United States, 1954).
Description:
Pink. Moderate fragrance. 38 to 40 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed buds.
Tall, bushy, thornless (or almost), upright. Large, glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.
Height of 5' to 10' (150 to 305 cm). Width of 30" to 3' (75 to 90 cm).
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Can be used for cut flower, garden or hedge. Very vigorous. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
Queen Elizabeth II was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on 21 April 1926. This rose marked her ascension to the throne in 1952.
Lineage: Charlotte Armstrong × Floradora
Above Information source: HelpMeFind http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/plants.php
Picture taken by KBW in Rose Garden in Niagara Park, Ontario, Canada on 14 Oct 13. Each picture is of a different plant.
Picture contributed by UMARKHANMARDAN from his collection of roses growing in Mardan.
AWARDS: One of the 15 roses so far Inducted in ROSE HALL OF FAME. Inducted in 1979.
M. Farooq's Comments
By chance we had Queen Elizabeth roses (and that's the only name I remember, among others). It was one of the most problem free roses in our garden -very robust. There is no fragrance in this rose as far as I remember.
KBW's Comments
A rose of stunning beauty, Queen Elizabeth is the mother of - Saeeda Kareem, a beautiful rose bred by Ibrahim Changa sb of Changa Nurseries, Pattoki. A really liked the cool light pink shade of Queen Elizabeth. As far as I know, Queen Elizabeth is quite a common rose in Pakistan. Does any member grow Queen Elizabeth?
Farooq sb, Queen Elizabeth is lightly fragrant. During early morning hours and during evening, the fragrance is more but during sunlight on hot days, it is very mild, sometimes hardly detectable. Here in Canada, I could smell the fragrance but it was a mild one, not intense by any means.
BTW, I do not know why Queen Elizabeth is a Hybrid Tea, Floribunda and a Grandiflora at the same time!!
But this is how it is given in HMF.Newton's Comments
I have grown this rose in several locations, one of its characteristic's I noted is that as it ages it gets very tall and leggy with flowers at the top.
I found that gently weighting the tops of taller stems down with cord tied around a brick or pegged into the ground caused dormant lower buds to break into growth . Once the buds had broken you can release the tied down stems thus making the plant itself more bushy and wider with more flowers.
UMARKHANMARDAN's Comments
Queen Elizabeth is a grandi flora. Grandi florad has cluster type blooming but the blooms are much bigger in size than the floribunda & some times they look like hybrid tea in shape. This is a high quality Grandiflora variety. Plenty of matter volume, so many growth buds makes it an ideal rose.Another good e.g og Grandiflora is Maria shaver.Grandifloras are good in the back of the bed because of their tall hight habit.
One thing Q.E always come true to the type from cuttings so if some one wants own rooted pink its a great choice.
