'Maurice' Rose

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'Maurice' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Synonyms:

• McGredy's Triumph

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: McGredy's Triumph

Origin:

Bred by Samuel Davidson McGredy III (United Kingdom, 1931).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1935 as 'McGredy's Triumph'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Geranium-red, orange shading, scarlet undertones. Moderate fragrance. Very large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Well-branched.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 190 on 25 Aug 1936 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Admiration (hybrid tea, McGredy 1922) × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

The patent application reports a far less specific parentage: "This development if the result of extensive hybridizing of different seedlings of the McGredy strain carried on over a period of many years...It is, therefore, sufficient to state that the seedling rose herein described came from crosses of numerous unnamed seedlings of the McGredy strain.