'Danse du Feu' Rose

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'Danse du Feu' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Jean de Meuter's Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Eldans
• "Jaycee Park"
• Mada-53
• Spectacular

HMF Ratings:

49 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: Danse du Feu
Exhibition name: Spectacular (climber, Mallerin 1951)

Origin:

Bred by Charles Mallerin (France, before 1951).
Introduced in France by EFR (Editions Françaises des Roses) in 1953 as 'Danse du Feu'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1956 as 'Spectacular'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1959 as 'Danse du Feu'.

Class:

Found Rose, Climber, Floribunda, Cl., Large-Flowered Climber.

Bloom:

Scarlet to geranium-red. Orange-scarlet, vermilion. Scarlet, ageing to crimson-purple. Mild to strong fragrance. 23 to 35 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, climbing. Medium, glossy, bronze-green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 7' to 12' (215 to 365cm). Width: 6½' to 8' (200 to 245cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Shade tolerant. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .

Patents:

France - Patent No: Trademark 9.909

United States - Patent No: PP 1,416 on 30 Aug 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 468,176 on 10 Nov 1954

Charles Mallerin, Par le Pont-de-Claix, Isere, France, assignor to Jacksomn & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.

Parentage:

Paul's Scarlet Climber × seedling of Rosa multiflora Thunb.

Notes:

The parentage was reported as "seedling of 'Incendie' at the 1953 Geneva trials.