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The Royal William rose, registered under the cultivar name "KORzaun", is a red
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. T ...
. It was developed by Reimer Kordes from the cultivar 'Feuerzauber' (Kordes 1973) and is available under several other marketing names, such as , , and . According to ''The Ultimate Rose Book'', the rose was introduced in 1982, the year of the birth of
Prince William William, Prince of Wales, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. Born in London, William was educat ...
, then second in the line of succession to the British throne. It has been planted in Savill Garden in
Windsor Great Park Windsor Great Park is a Royal Park of , including a deer park, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. It is adjacent to the private Home Park, which is nearer the castle. The park was, for many ...
in celebration of the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. The dark red flowers develop from even darker, pointed buds. They reach an average diameter of and have a strong fragrance. The vigorous shrub has dark green foliage, reaches a height of at a width of , is winter hardy up to ( USDA zone 6b) and very disease resistant. Due to their long, solid stems, the roses are well suited as cut flowers.


Awards

was granted several awards, including the Fragrance Award in Monza (1985) and The Hague (1987). The
Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nort ...
awarded the cultivar the title ''Best of the Best'' in 1987 – jointly with 'Sweet Magic' – and the
Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. History The Award of Garden Merit ...
in 1993.


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