• Scarlet Showers

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Deep pink Hybrid Perpetual, Cl..
Registration name: Ray Bunge
Exhibition name: Ray Bunge

Discovered by Walter W. Bunge (United States, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Andrews Nursery Co. in 1959 as 'Ray Bunge'.

Hybrid Perpetual, Cl..  

Deep pink, lighter reverse.  Mild fragrance.  30 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.  

Climbing.  Dark green foliage.  

Height: 15½' (470cm).  

Can be used for pillar.  Very hardy.  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,637  on  27 Aug 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 619,371  on  30 Oct 1956