A new light purple rose cultivar ‘Violetta’ was bred from the cross between light purple standard cultivar ‘Ocean Song’ and yellow standard cultivar ‘golden gate’ at the National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science. The cross was made in 2010 and ‘Violetta’ was finally selected in 2013 after investigating characteristics for three years from 2011 to 2013. ‘Violetta’, a light purple color standard cultivar grows vigorously and has good shape and good vase life. The major characteristics of this cultivar are 167.1 stems/㎡/year in yield, 77.9±6.0 cm in length of cut flower, 12.8±0.3 cm in flower diameter, 55.5±4.9 in petal number, and 13.1±1.6 days in vase life. This cultivar can be propagated by both cutting and grafting. The consumer’s preference of this cultivar is relatively higher than that of control cultivar, ‘Aqua’.

• Won-Hee Kim(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA) Corresponding Author
• Hye-Jin Lee(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA)
• Su-Young Lee(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA)
• O-Hyeon Kwon(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA)
• Kyeong-Seong Cheon(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA)