Rose Impératrice Farah

Spectacular rose from Delbard's Couture Collection with elegant, perfectly shaped petals that are perfectly white with carmine-red edges, and a silvery white reverse. The flowers positioned on long stems, which perfect for cutting and ideal for creating beautiful vase arrangements to enhance any space.

DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

FLOWERING
This rose variety has repeat flowering habit, blooms in flushes, from early summer until frosts.

Flower bud:
The flower buds are large, the shape is ovate with pointed tip. The colour of the flower bud when the sepals start to divide is white green with carmine red at the edges of the petals. They are born mostly singly.

The margin of the sepals often has large foliaceous appendages usually on 3 of the 5 sepals. The colour of the upper surface of the sepals is medium green.

The peduncle is strong, erect, and about 14 - 15 cm long, the surface is smooth and slightly hirsute in the lower part. The colour of the peduncle is near medium green, often with brown red intonations.

Bloom:
The flowers are large, the average diameter of the open flower is about 10 – 11 cm (4”). The flowers have high-centered shape. The flower shape persists until the end, the edges of the petals curl back. Flowers are double, the average petals count is about 20 – 25 petals under normal growing conditions.

When the flowers have just opened the colour of the major part of the outer petals on the upper surface is white with ivory shade with bright carmine red colour closer to the edges; the under surface is white with ivory and silver shades and larger portion of the bright carmine red closer to the edges. The inner petals are of the same colour, but with the smaller portion of the carmine red on the edges. The general tonality from a distance at the end of the first day is white with carmine red edges.

The general tonality of the flowers by the end of the 3rd day doesn’t change much, however the portion of the carmine red on the edges increase while the colour become slightly lighter.

The flowers have good lasting quality: on the plant they last about 8 – 10 days; and as a cut flower about 7 - 9 days under normal growing conditions.

Fragrance:
The fragrance is light or absent on the flowers of this variety.

PLANT
The variety is classified as a Hybrid Tea rose with strong and vigorous growth habit. Forms very large, upright, bushy and outwardly plant, reaching a height of about 120 – 180 cm and the width of about 60 – 90 cm at the end of the growing season.

Foliage:
There is a normal quantity of foliage on a plant of ‘Impératrice Farah’. The number of leaflets on a normal mid stem leaf is 5. The young foliage has medium brown green colour and semi-glossy appearance, while the mature leaves are dark green and glossy. The edges are serrated, the type of serration is large and single.

Wood:
The new wood has a near yellow green colour, sometimes suffused with medium purple brown green, the bark is smooth. The mature wood has a medium brown green colour, the bark is smooth with some rough patches.

Prickles:
On the main canes and on the laterals from the main canes there are many prickles. The prickles are large, have a pyramidal shape. The flowering stems also have prickles, about 5 – 6 per internode. The colour of the young prickles is yellow green with some purple shading, the mature prickles have brown green colour.

Disease resistance:
The variety is somewhat susceptible to black spot. The resistance to mildew, rust and botrytis is good. Pest resistance has not been tested.

The variety is recommended for growing in climate zones similar to USDA 6 and warmer and require winter protection in more colder climates.

Unfortunately we do not have information about the origin of the name of this rose.

Couture Collection

Information about the parantage of this rose is not available or commecrically protected.

USDA zone 6 and warmer