'Will Rogers' Rose

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'Will Rogers' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Southern Senses

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Will Rogers

Origin:

Bred by Frederick Huber Howard (United States, 1936).
Introduced in United States by Howard & Smith in 1936 as 'Will Rogers'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1938 as 'Will Rogers'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Dark red. Damask fragrance. 65 petals. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 256 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage:

seed:	Unnamed Seedling
pollen:	Hadley × Crimson Glory (hybrid tea, Kordes 1935)

Notes:

Will Penn Adair Rogers was born 4 November 1879 on his parents' ranch near Oologah in what is now Oklahoma. He was part Cherokee. He died in a plane crash in Alaska 15 August 1935. One of his famous sayings is: "I never met a man I didn't like."