'Green Fire' Rose

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'Green Fire' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• ARM.5167 B1

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: Green Fire
Exhibition name: Green Fire

Origin:

Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, 1958).
Introduced in France by Jean-Marie Gaujard in 1959 as 'Green Fire'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1960 as 'Green Fire'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Deep yellow. Mild fragrance. 13 petals. Average diameter 3". Single to semi-double, in small clusters, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy. Semi-glossy foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 10b. Very vigorous.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,776 on 2 Dec 1958 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage:

seed:	Goldilocks (floribunda, Boerner, 1945)
pollen:	Fandango (hybrid tea, Swim, 1950) × Pinocchio (floribunda, Kordes, 1940)

Notes:

Herbert Swim gives specific parentage for the pollen parent in his book Roses - From Dreams To Reality. See references.