The Heidi Klum rose is a modern rose from Tantau

Rosen Tantau

Rosen Tantau is a Rosen breeding company located at Uetersen, in the District of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein. It is one of the most important Rose farms worldwide, and has a large number of well-known rose varieties produced...

, and was first bred in 1999. Its registration number is RT00681.

It was first bred in autumn 2003 as a cross of Old Port and Barkarole. German model Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum

Heidi Samuel , better known by her birth name Heidi Klum, is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship...

 chose it herself from 15 cultivars and christened it in person during a rose show in 2005.

It is an abundantly flowering rose, with a very compact habit. Under normal conditions it reaches a height of 40 to 50 cm. The flowers can reach a size of up to 9 cm, are hardy, and may have up to 40 petals. The color of the blossoms is predominantly violet

Violet (color)

As the name of a color, violet is synonymous with a bluish purple, when the word "purple" is used in the common English language sense of any color between blue and red, not including either blue or red...

 with a pink tone, and they are intensely fragrant. The plant itself has abundant green foliage.

This rose is susceptible to mildew

Mildew

Mildew refers to certain kinds of molds or fungi.In Old English, it meant honeydew , and later came to mean mildew in the modern sense of mold or fungus....

 and Diplocarpon rosae

Diplocarpon rosae

Diplocarpon rosae is a fungus that causes the rose disease Black Spot.Because it was observed by people of various countries around the same time , the nomenclature for the fungus varied with about 25 different names...

. Therefore, it needs regular maintenance.