Touch of Class®

This rose's location in the garden is NW 2.
  • Classification:   Hybrid Tea
  • Flower Color:   orange pink
  • Flower Size:    4.5-5.5 inches
  • Flower Form:  high-centered
  • Petal Count:  25-35
  • Fragrance:  slight
  • Repeat Bloomer:  yes
  • Foliage:  large, dark green, semi-glossy
  • Plant Height:  5-6 feet
  • Plant Width:   2 feet
  • Growth Habit:  medium to tall, upright
  • Disease Resistant:  no
  • Hybridizer:  Michel Kriloff
  • Registered:  1985
  • Parentage:  ‘Miraela’ x (‘Queen Elizabeth’ x ‘Romantica’)
  • ARS* Rating 8.5  (a very good to excellent)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 1988 Gold Medal Portland

Notes:
  •  “Hybridizer Michel Kriloff (November 6, 1916 Pskov / Russia - January 2010) arrived in France at age 16, worked first in nurseries at Lyon, then from 1934 for Meilland. Sent to German prisoner camps during WW II, he was rescued 1942 by the director of Sangerhausen. Kriloff returned to Cap d'Antibes after the war and received French nationality on July 24, 1947.” --- helpmefind/gardening.com