''Rosa'' 'Chopin' (synonym: 'Frederic Chopin', 'Frederyk Chopin') is a

rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture ...

which was introduced by Stanisław Żyła in Poland in 1980. The

hybrid tea rose Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Hybrid Perpetuals with the tall, elegant Tea roses. ...

was bred by crossing the 'Crêpe de Chine' with the 'Peer Gynt' and is named after

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composer Frédéric Chopin.

Description

'Chopin' is a strong growing rose (150–200 cm) with showy, large flowers of light cream to pale yellow colour. Flowers have an average diameter of 5 inches (11 cm) and 17–25 petals. They grow in small clusters (3–5), have moderate fragrance and appear in flushes throughout the season. Big, leathery foliage. The cultivar is winter hardy (

USDA zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most wide ...

6b – 10b) and generally disease resistant.

References

Helpme Find Roses: 'Chopin'Website in Polish
Chopin Frédéric Chopin 1980 introductions {{Rosa-stub