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'Will Rogers' rose Description
'Will Rogers' rose photo
Photo courtesy of sam w
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
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."