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'Red Sparkler' rose Description
'Red Sparkler' rose photo
Photo courtesy of a_carl76
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Red blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Red Sparkler
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Griffith J. Buck (United States, 1968).
Class:
Hybrid Tea.   (Series: Buck Roses Collection)  
Bloom:
Dark red, lighter reverse, pink stripes, white stripes.  Strong, damask fragrance.  50 to 60 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, very full (41+ petals), cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Upright.  Dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 30" to 37" (75 to 95cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 3,489  on  19 Feb 1974   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 290,511  on  4 Oct 1972
Griffith J. Buck, Ames, Iowa, assignor to Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, Iowa
This new variety of rose plant originated in 1968 as a seedling of Parks Scarlet Royal x Rouge Mallerin (both unpatented) bred by me at Ames, Iowa
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