'Fandango' Rose

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'Fandango' rose Description

My HMF:

'Fandango (hybrid tea, Swim, 1950)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of JRBrugman

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD-.

ARS:

Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Fandango (hybrid tea, Swim, 1950)
Exhibition name: Fandango

Origin:

Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1950).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1950 as 'Fandango'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1952 as 'Fandango'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange - red. Bud turkey-red, base yellow. Moderate fragrance. 16 to 25 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, open bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.

Growing:

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

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 894 on 8 Nov 1949 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage: Charlotte Armstrong x unnamed seedling

Parentage:

seed:	Charlotte Armstrong
pollen:	Mrs. Sam McGredy × President Herbert Hoover

Notes:

Although the plant patent states that the pollen parent is an "Unnamed Seedling", Herb Swim states a specific parentage in his book Roses - From Dreams To Reality. See REFERENCES