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'Danse du Feu' rose Description
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Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
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.
Notes:
The parentage was reported as "seedling of 'Incendie' at the 1953 Geneva trials.