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'Zulu Queen' rose Description
'Zulu Queen' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Zulu Queen
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1939).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. as 'Zulu Queen'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Dark red, brown shading.  Strong fragrance.  Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Upright, well-branched.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 363  on  13 Feb 1940   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
Some difference of opinion about parentage, see References.