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Dark red Hybrid Tea, Cl..
Registration name: Birthday Present
Exhibition name: Birthday Present

Bred by Douglas Toogood (1893-1973) (Australia, 1950).

Climber, Hybrid Tea, Cl..  

Dark red.  Supple canes.  Strong fragrance.  20 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), high-centered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  Ovoid buds.  

Climbing, few or no prickles/thorns.  Dark green, leathery foliage.  

Height: 9'10" to 13'1" (300 to 400cm).  Width: 4'11" to 9'2" (150 to 280cm).

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

There is a discrepancy in the references as to whether the seed parent was 'Guinee' or ['Guinee' x unknown].

Nigel Pratt of Tasman Bay Roses says this rose has semi-double shapely flowers of dark red on a vigorous bush...