Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium red
Extra Bloom Info: Medium to large
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: BEES, 1926
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer

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 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Kitchener of Khartoum x Red-Letter Day
Child plants: 4 child plants

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  • Rose

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-04-26
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Dec 16, 2019 1:39 AM concerning plant:
    This is a rose I acquired by chance. Ashdown sent it to me for free, as a consolation prize when the nursery was unable to send me some of the roses in an order. I probably never would have ordered it on my own because it's just another red hybrid tea, but I'm so glad it's in my garden. It grows large in my zone, climbing to about 6 feet and spreading 4-5 feet. It never stops blooming, even on the hottest days of summer, and the bright red blooms, unaffected by heat or rain, are set off by shiny dark-green foliage.

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