'Toro' Rose

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'Toro' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Dave and Deb Boyd

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• El Toro
• Red Mountain Peak (South Africa)
• Uncle Joe

HMF Ratings:

66 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Uncle Joe

Origin:

Bred by Kern Rose Nursery (United States, 1972).
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1976 as 'Uncle Joe'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Dark red. Strong fragrance. 80 petals. Large, very double, globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall. Leathery foliage.

Height: 8' (245cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 7b and warmer. Can be used for exhibition. Vigorous. heat tolerant. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Resist the urge to prune this rose too heavily -- it doesn't like it!.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Mirandy (Hybrid Tea, Lammerts 1944) × Charles Mallerin (Hybrid Tea, Meilland, before 1947)
pollen:	Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Parentage also stated as 'Karl Herbst’ seedling x ‘Big Red’. Refer references.