Empire Rose
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1989
Seed Parent: 
Kuprena 2 W-P 
Stephen J. Bisdee, Australia
Year Registered: 1956
Rosario x Mastercraft
Kuprena
Pollen Parent: 
Fintona 2 W-P 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
2W-P seedling (Nautilus x Lisbreen) x 2W-P seedling~ (Suda x Evening)
Fintona
Seedling Number:
77/27/2
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 92 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, slightly mucronate, spreading, with margins sometimes incurling near apex, of good substance, overlapping; the inner segments a little inflexed; corona cylindrical, or very slightly flared towards mouth, lightly ribbed, soft pink, with rim shallowly notched and a little flanged Sunproof. Resembles a shorter-stemmed ‘Verran’ with the perianth segments of a different form at base.

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