Petit Prince

Italian CS, Notiziario, 2008, No.1, p.10 with colour photo; A seedling of ‘Rosa Simplex’ (Aitonia) x Coral Delight. Semi-double, diameter 10 cm x 4 cm deep, 20 petals of elongated form, reticulate, margins entire, colour white at the centre shading to pink at the margins. 60-70 stamens in columnar form, filaments ivory, anthers gold, prominent pistil. Leaves 9.5 cm x 3.5 cm, lanceolate to ovate, apex acuminate, margin slightly serrulate. Raised by Osvaldo Buosi, Treviso, Italy, first flowered in 1998. Upright growth. Flowers mid-season to late.