Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-5 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, 1982
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer
Awards: AARS: 1984

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Red Planet x Pharaoh
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Olympiad'
  • 'MACauck'
  • 'Olympiode'

Common names
  • Rose

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Date: 2020-04-11
Location: Philo, California
Location: Arkansas
Date: August 25, 2019
Olympiad after a rain

Date: 2021-10-25
Location: Marion, NC
Date: 2020-08-09

Date: 2020-04-14

Date: 2020-04-09
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2021-06-29
rosa -Olympiad, 2nd yr. plant.
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2010-05-24
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-05-28
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: July 22 2010
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2014-06-19
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2014-06-19
Location: Marion, NC
Date: August 2020
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2010-05-24
Location: Chamblee's Nursery in Tyler, TX
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2010-05-24
Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-10
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-05-10
At Sunriver Nursery
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Seedfork On April 12, 2015 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant this year, hard to imagine a more perfect looking bloom. The most beautiful dark red.
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