국립원예특작과학원에서는 2011년 거베라 신품종 ‘Purple Queen’을 품종 육성하였다. ‘Purple Queen’은 2007년 절화장이 긴 ‘Selma’와 자주색 반겹꽃 ‘Marathon’을 교배하여 얻은 실생계통으로부터 2007년부터 2011년까지 5년 동안의 생육특성검정을 거쳐 선발된 절화용 품종이다. 꽃은 암갈심의 자주색(RHS RP66B)으로 평균 직경이 11.4 cm인 반겹꽃 대륜계통이며, 내화경과 화심장은 각각 6.1 cm와 2.3 cm이다. 화경장은 50.3 cm 정도로 매우 길며, 꽃목 직경은 5.0 mm 정도로 굵다. 절화수명은 12.2일로 대조품종에 비해 3일 이상 , 연간 채화량도 51.4본/주로 대조품종보다 4.4본/주 더 많은 다수성 품종이다.

A new bright pink gladiolus “May Queen” was released by the National Horticultural Research Institute (NHRI) in 2004. A cross was made between early flowering pink cultivar “Calista” and early flowering white cultivar “White Friendship”. It was crossed in 1999 and finally selected in 2004 after investigation of the characteristics for 5 years from 2000 to 2004. “May Queen” has a bright pink color with white core as a cut flower. This cultivar is early flowering without stem bending. It has good production of cormels and resistant to Fusarium and Thrips. The width of “May Queen” flower is 11.0 cm. The plant height is 121 cm. Days to flowering of “May Queen” is average 92days in summer season.

A new cultivar of Rosa hybrids "Party Queen" was selected from the progenies of a cross "Sahara" and "Bell Ami" atthe Gyeonggi-Do Aghcultural Research and Extension Services in 1999. It was finally selected in 2003 after the investigation ofthe characteri