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    'El Capitan' rose Description
    'El Capitan' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of jedmar
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    HMF Ratings:
    13 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: GOOD+.  
    ARS:
    Medium red Grandiflora.
    Registration name: El Capitan
    Exhibition name: El Capitan
    Origin:
    Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1956).
    Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1959 as 'El Capitan'.
    Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1961 as 'El Capitan'.
    Class:
    Floribunda, Grandiflora.  
    Bloom:
    Cherry-red, ages to rose-red.  None to mild fragrance.  Average diameter 4".  Medium-large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:
    Upright.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  

    Height: 4'11" (150cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  
    Patents:
    United States - Patent No: PP 1,796   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Parentage:
    Charlotte Armstrong × Floradora
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