'Alpine Glow' Rose

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'Alpine Glow' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Alpenglühen (floribunda, Tantau 1954)

HMF Ratings:

10 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Floribunda.

Origin:

Bred by Mathias Tantau, Jr. (1912 - 2006) (Germany, before 1954).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1954 as 'Alpine Glow'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1956 as 'Alpenglühen'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Vermilion. Moderate, tea fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 3.75". Large, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Netherlands - Application No: 221

Alpenglühen, 221, M. Tantau, Uetersen in Holstein (Germany).

United States - Patent No: PP 1,395 on 24 May 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 455,372 on 10 Sep 1954

Mathias Tantau, Uetersen, Holstein, Germay, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.

Parentage:

seed:	Tantau's Triumph
pollen:	Tantau's Triumph × Käthe Duvigneau

Notes:

Rosen-Tantau says the correct name for this rose is Alpenglühen.
Parentage information was provided by Mathias Tantau and is found in Jack Harkness's The Makers of Heavenly Roses, p. 119. HelpMefind has used the parentage from the Patent.