Grandiflora Rose 'Queen Elizabeth'

'Queen Elizabeth' is the original grandiflora rose (1954, Lammerts, PP1259)—tall, elegant, and free-flowering with clear pink blooms on long stems, creating the grandiflora class itself.

• Family: Rosaceae
• Genus: Rosa
• Cultivar: 'Queen Elizabeth'
• Also known as: Queen of England, The Queen Elizabeth Rose
• Hybridized by: Lammerts
• Introduced: 1954

Key Features: Large (4–5 inch), high-centered, double blooms of clear silver-pink. Light tea fragrance. Tall, upright habit to 5–6 feet (often taller). Blooms in clusters spring through fall. Hardy in USDA zones 5–9. Good disease resistance. The first rose classified as a grandiflora—bridging hybrid tea and floribunda.

Landscape Uses: Back of borders, rose beds, cutting gardens, specimen. A stately presence in any garden.