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'Duke of Windsor' rose Description
'Duke of Windsor' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Duke of Windsor
Origin:
Bred by Mathias Tantau, Jr. (1912 - 2006) (Germany, before 1968).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Harry Wheatcroft and Sons Ltd. in 1968 as 'Duke of Windsor'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Vermilion.  Strong fragrance.  27 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 30" to 4¼' (75 to 130cm).  Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew, susceptible to rust .  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Named for the former Edward VIII 1894-1972.


The breeder told Harry Wheatcroft the correct parentage for this rose is 'Spartan' x 'Montezuma', and that's the one we've used here.


On 3 June 1937, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France.

 
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