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'Opening Night ™' rose Description
'Opening Night ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Musicgardener
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
44 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: JAColber
Exhibition name: Opening Night ™
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, before 1997).
Introduced in United States by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. in 1998 as 'Opening Night'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Dark red.  Mild fragrance.  25 to 35 petals.  Average diameter 5.5".  Large, double (17-25 petals), high-centered to flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Wide oval buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, narrow.  Medium, dark green foliage.  

Height: 4' to 6' (120 to 185cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU1650P  on  21 Dec 2000
Application No: 1998/076  on  20 Apr 1998   VIEW PBR PATENT
seed parent ‘Macauck’ syn Olympiad (US Plant Patent 5519) x ‘Poulman’ syn Ingrid Bergman (US Plant Patent 6264) ...Breeder: Keith W. Zary, Somis, California. USA.
First sold in USA in 1997
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,265  on  7 Mar 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/002,211  on  31 Dec 1997
Inventor: Keith W. Zary (Thousand Oaks, CA). Assignee: Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. (Medford, OR). A Hybrid Tea having long stems ideal for cutting; dark green, glossy foliage; bright red flowers of good hybrid tea flower form; and resistance to rust and powdery mildew... Parentage: MACauck (USPP005519) x POULman (USPP006264)... The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose variety having the long stems, bright red flowers, and excellent hybrid tea bud form of the female parent combined with the dark green foliage and resistance to fungal diseases of the male parent...
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes: