'High Sheriff' Rose

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'High Sheriff' rose Description

My HMF:

'High Sheriff (hybrid tea, Harkness before 1989)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Pongracz

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• HARwellington

HMF Ratings:

26 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: HARwellington
Exhibition name: High Sheriff

Origin:

Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, before 1989).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1992 as 'High Sheriff'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange or orange-red. Mild, strong fragrance. 15 to 25 petals. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 35" to 37" (90 to 95cm). Width: 2' (60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Unnamed Seedling × [ Sabine (hybrid tea, Tantau, 1962) × Circus (floribunda, Swim 1954)]
pollen:	Silver Jubilee ® (hybrid tea, Cocker before 1974)

Notes:

Opinions vary concerning parentage, see References.