Elina®

This rose's location in the garden is SW 3.
  • Classification:  Hybrid Tea
  • Flower Color:  light yellow
  • Flower Size:  5-5.5 inches
  • Flower Form:  high-centered
  • Petal Count:  30-35
  • Fragrance: minimal
  • Repeat Bloomer:  yes
  • Foliage:  large, dark green, glossy
  • Plant Height:  4-5 feet
  • Plant Width:   2-3 feet
  • Growth Habit:  vigorous, tall
  • Disease Resistant:  yes
  • Hybridizer:  Patrick Dickson (UK)
  • Registered:  1984
  • Parentage:  (‘Nana Mouskouri’ x ‘Lolita’)
  • ARS* Rating 8.4  (a very good to excellent)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 1987 Gold Star of the South Pacific
  • 1987 ADR Rose, Germany
  • 1994 James Mason Medal
  • 2006 The World’s Favorite Rose

Notes:
  • “Alexander Patrick Dickson (1926-2012) began working for Dickson Nurseries in 1957 and began hybridizing roses in 1958. During his career, Dickson developed many successful rose cultivars, including Rosa ‘Sea Pearl’, Rosa ‘Irish Gold’, Rosa ‘Red Gold’ (AARS) and Rosa ‘Red Devil’. Dickson created the new rose cultivar, ‘Elina’ from the white floribunda ‘Nana Mouskouri’ (Dickson, 1975) and the apricot hybrid tea ‘Lolita’ (Kordes, 1972). The rose was later used to hybridize one child plant, floribunda Rosa ‘Whisper’.” --- (Wilkipedia, “Rosa ‘Elina’”). retrieved January 2021.