A new spray rose cultivar ‘Peach Zen’ was bred from the cross between yellow spray cultivar ‘Sunny Lady’ and red spray cultivar ‘Madonna’ at the National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science. The cross was made in 2007 and ‘Peach Zen’ was finally selected in 2011 after investigating characteristics for three years from 2009 to 2011. ‘Peach Zen’, a light pink spray cultivar grows vigorously and has good shape and good vase life. The major characteristics of this cultivar are 128.4 stems/㎡/year in yield, 76.4±6.3 cm in length of cut flower, 5.8±0.6 cm in flower diameter, 39.3±4.2 in petal number, and 12.6±1.2 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, ‘Little Mable’.

• Won-Hee Kim(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA) Corresponding Author
• Seung-Tae Kim(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA)
• Eun-Kyung Lee(Floriculture Research Div., National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science RDA)
• Soo-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)