'Zulu Queen' Rose

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'Zulu Queen' rose Description

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Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Zulu Queen

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1939).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1939 as 'Zulu Queen'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Dark red, brown shading. Strong fragrance. Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright, well-branched.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 363 on 13 Feb 1940 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage:

seed:	Cathrine Kordes × E. G. Hill
pollen:	Fritz Höger (hybrid tea, Kordes, 1934)

Notes:

Some difference of opinion about parentage, see References.