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Rosa ‘Isabel de Ortiz’

OTHER NAMES

‘Isabel Ortiz’

ORIGIN

Germany

BREEDER

Reimer Kordes

LINEAGE

Unnamed cross of ‘Peace’ x “Korde’s Perfecta”

YEAR

1962

INTRODUCED BY

Jackson & Perkins; 1965

PLANT PATENT #

PP02449

TYPE

Hybrid Tea

HABIT OF GROWTH

Upright Bush

SIZE

3 to 4 feet high and 2 to3 feet wide

FOLIAGE 

Compound with 5 to 7 oval leaflets; leathery, glossy, dark green; new leaves overcast with red; below average thorns; serrate margins

FLOWER

Pink blend with silvery tones; double; 45 to 50 petals; 4 ½ to 5 inches diameter; strong fragrance; high-centered form; ovoid bud; borne singly and in small clusters; blooms in flushes to continuous

HARDINESS 

USDA zones 7b to 10

LIGHT 

Full sun

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