A New Bicolored Rose Cultivar, “Yellow Blue”

A new bicolor standard rose (Rose hybrida Hort.) cultivar “Yellow Blue” was developed from a cross “Berona” and “Deliason” followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam ARES in 1999. Characteristics were investigated for three time from 2000 to 2004. This newly bred rose cultivar were Yellow group color (RHS No. 9- C), few thorns, high yield, and standard large flower. The ray floret and flower center were harmonized well, and the vase life was about 11 days. This cultivar was registered as a commercial cultivars in 2003. It will be able to be planted in any greenhouse production region in Korea.