Rose Lemon Rokoko

Fast-growing garden variety which successfully can be used in floristic. Forms sprays of medium-sized white or cream-white flowers with one main flower and numbers of secondary buds. White flowers held on strong stems and displayed against dark green and glossy foliage.

DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

FLOWER
Blooms profusely, almost with short breaks, from summer to frosts. This rose variety starts to bloom in the middle of the rose season.

Flower bud:
The flower buds are medium sized, rounded, with pointed tip. The colour of the bud when the sepals start to open is white green. When the sepals half open the bud colour is white green only the colour becomes more white closer to the top.

The flower buds appear in small clusters of 5 to 7 to 10 blooms together, having a pyramidal form.

The colour of the sepals is medium green on the upper and on the lower side. The upper side is slightly pubescent, and the lower part is smooth. There are 3 sepals with very weak extensions and 2 sepals without extensions with smooth edges.

Bloom:
The flowers are medium sized, the diameter of the open flower is about 6 - 8 cm (2.5 – 3 inches). The flowers are very full and have globular shape when just open. The form persist almost always until the end, only rarely in hot and dry weather the first flower tend to open more widely and have more flat top.

When just opened the colour of the most outer petals on the reverse side white green fading to lime green closer to the edges; the colour of the upper side of the outer petals is white with lime green shades. The inner petals are white with cream white shades closer to the base of the petals. This creates the effect of green-white flowers with cream center.

When open the flowers becomes more white, only the most petals have lime green shades and edges on the reverse side. The inner petals become pure white.

The flowers last on a plant for quite long – about 8 to 12 days under normal growing conditions, as a cut flower about 8 – 10 days. The petals hang out and dry, therefore deadheading of the faded flowers is highly recommended.

Fragrance:
The fragrance is quite weak, from light to none.

PLANT
The variety ‘Lemon Rokoko’ has vigorous and strong growth habit. Tantau Roses created a new terminology for ‘Rokoko’ roses, denoting them as ‘Noblesse Spray roses’, which basically mean that they combine the characteristics of Hybrid Tea roses and Spray roses. Nevertheless, they all classified as Hybrid Tea roses.

Forms very upright, compact, and bushy plant. The mature and well-established plant has a height of about 70 – 100 cm (2.3 – 3.2 feet) and a width of 50 – 70 cm (1.6 – 2.3 feet).

Foliage:
The quantity of foliage on a plant is many, dense. The number of leaflets on the normal mid stem leaves varies from 5 to 7. The leaflets from the very early stages have very distinctive dark green foliage. The texture is dense, leathery and glossy. The edges are serrated, the type of serration is small and double.

Wood:
The new wood has medium green colour and the smooth and shiny bark. The old wood has dark green colour and the smooth bark.

Prickles:
There are many large prickles on the main canes and on the laterals from the main canes. The prickles are long have thin pyramidal shape. The colour of the young prickles is light brown green, and the mature prickles have medium brown colour.

Small prickles:
Small prickles are not observed on the variety ‘Lemon Rokoko’.

Disease resistance:
The variety showed very good resistance to mildew, botrytis and rust. The resistance to black spot is good. Pest resistance – not tested. ‘Lemon Rokoko’ is recommended for growing in climate zones similar to USDA 6 and warmer, in more colder climates requires a winter protection.

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

Nobelesse®-Spray

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

USDA zone 6 and warmer