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    'AROcher' rose Description
    'Mon Cheri ™ (hybrid tea, Christensen 1981)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Heirloom Roses, Inc. (USA)
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • Mon Cheri ™
    HMF Ratings:
    32 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
    ARS:
    Red blend Hybrid Tea.
    Registration name: AROcher
    Exhibition name: Mon Cheri ™ (hybrid tea, Christensen 1981)
    Origin:
    Bred by Jack E. Christensen (United States, 1981).
    Class:
    Hybrid Tea.  
    Bloom:
    Pink, crimson edges, ages to red .  Mild, spice fragrance.  35 to 45 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Large, borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped, reflexed bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
    Habit:
    Medium, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, spreading, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green, dense, wavy or ruffled foliage.  

    Height: 31" to 47" (80 to 120cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden or specimen.  Vigorous.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
    Patents:
    United States - Patent No: PP 5,156  on  13 Dec 1983   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Application No: 06/390,898  on  22 Jun 1982

    A hybrid tea having large blooms which turn from pink to dark red.



    Inventors:
    Christensen; Jack E. (Ontario, CA)
    Assignee:

    Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    (Ontario,
    CA)
    Parentage:
    seed: White Satin × Bewitched (hybrid tea, Lammerts, 1967)
    pollen: Double Delight ®
    Notes:
    According to the New Zealand Plant Variety Rights (PVR) web page, application for a PVR Grant for this rose was made in 1981 and granted in 1983 (PVR Grant No. 184). Breeder is given as H.C. Swim & J.E. Christensen.