1999년도에 백색의 스탠다드 ‘Escimo’ 품종을 모본으로 생육이 우수하고 다수성인 스탠다드 ‘Medeo’ 품종을 부본으로 인공교배 하였다. 2000년에 파종을 실시하여 840개체의 실생을 획득하여 이들을 대상으로 2001~2003년까지 3차에 걸쳐 특성검정을 실시한 후 최종 특성검정 단계에서 기호도 조사를 실시한 결과 최종선발된 ‘원교 D1-54’를 ‘Honey Lemon’로 명명하였다. ‘Honey Lemon’의 화색은 백색으로 RHS 칼라챠트번
A new standard rose cv. ‘Honey Lemon’ was bred by the cross between white standard cv. ‘Escimo’ and light pink standard cv. ‘Medeo’ at the National Institute of Horticultural Research Institute. The cross was made in 1999 and ‘Honey Lemon’ was finally selected in 2003 after investigating characteristics for three years from 2001 to 2003. ‘Honey Lemon’, a white standard cultivar grows vigorously and has good flower shape. The major characteristics of this cultivar are 248.0 stems/m2/year in yield, 53.0 cm in length of cut flower, 8.0 cm in flower diameter, 17.0 in petal number, and 16.9 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 cv., ‘Tineke’. (Registration number: 1151).