'Fire Dance' Rose

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'Fire Dance' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

ARS:

Hybrid Tea.

Origin:

Bred by Hendrikus Antonie Verschuren Jr. (1885-1947) (Netherlands, before 1948).
Introduced in United States by Tottys/Charles H. Totty Company in 1951 as 'Fire Dance'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Scarlet, deep yellow undertones. None to mild fragrance. 35 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, full (26-40 petals), globular, rounded bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long buds.

Habit:

Upright. Glossy, light green foliage.

Height: 3' (90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,019 on 3 Jul 1951 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 153,216 on 31 Mar 1950

Issued to Hens A. Verschuren, deceased, late of Haps, Netherlands, by Maria Theresia Antonetta Verschuren, legal representative; assigned to Charles H. Totty Company, Madison, N.J..

Parentage:

seed:	Ulrich Brunner × Westfield Star
pollen:	Chieftain × Better Times (hybrid tea, Catron 1932)

Notes:

Mentioned in the American Rose Annual 1952 as one of the New Roses of the World.