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'Fireworks' rose Description
'Feu d'Artifice (shrub, Tantau, 1962)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Orange blend Shrub.
Registration name: Feuerwerk ®
Origin:
Bred by Mathias Tantau, Jr. (1912 - 2006) (Germany, 1962).
Introduced in Germany by Rosen-Tantau/Tantau Roses in 1962 as 'Feuerwerk'.
Introduced in France by NIRP International in 1964 as 'Feu d'Artifice'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Orange to orange-red.  Flowers bright orange.  Semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Glossy foliage.  

Height: 5' (150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders or garden.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Parentage:
Notes:
Modern Roses 10 says this rose is extinct. But, Ralf in Germany reports: German seller and breeder Tantau is still offering that rose in its 2001/2002 catalogue. The "Europa-Rosarium" Sangerhausen, Germany, has roses of this sort, too. I, myself, am growing one in my garden.
 
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