'Ruby Lips' Rose

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'Ruby Lips' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong's Del Cerro Garden

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Floribunda.
Registration name: Ruby Lips
Exhibition name: Ruby Lips

Origin:

Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1958).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1958 as 'Ruby Lips'.
Introduced in Australia by C. H. Isaac in 1960 as 'Ruby Lips'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Red. Flowers bright cardinal-red. None to mild fragrance. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, spreading. Medium, semi-glossy, leathery foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,775 on 2 Dec 1958 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage:

World's Fair × Pinocchio (floribunda, Kordes, 1940)

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