As a hybrid variety, this plant will not reliably grow true to type from seed.
New Zealand Plant Variety Rights grant expires 16/07/2013.
Registration names: KORweiso and KORtabris
Named after Hannah Gordon, a well-known Scottish actress.
‘Nicole’- and ‘Hannah Gordon’ are sister seedlings that have been confused in commerce in the USA for more than 20 years. Hannah Gordon is a tall, vigorous grower of 6 feet or more, about 20 petals, and a bright cherry pink edge, while Nicole is a modest plant of 30 to 36 inches, cream blooms with a softer pink edge and at least 35 petals. Hannah Gordon is known in New Zealand as Raspberry Ice. Tabris is a name given to Hannah Gordon by one seller in the Netherlands.
Raspberry Ice (floribunda, Kordes 1983), Tabris
1 “Botanica’s Roses”