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'Aztec' rose Description
'Aztec' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Aztec
Exhibition name: Aztec
Origin:
Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, 1957).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1957 as 'Aztec'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1959 as 'Aztec'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Orange or orange-red.  Moderate fragrance.  Average diameter 4.5".  Double (17-25 petals), high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Spreading.  Glossy, leathery foliage.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,648  on  Oct 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
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