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• Scarlet Fire (hybrid gallica, Kordes 1952)
• Scarlet Glow (hybrid gallica, Kordes, 1952)

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Dark red.
Registration name: Scharlachglut

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1952).

Hybrid Gallica.  

Scarlet, golden-yellow , stamens.  Warm scarlet blooms with yellow stamens.  None to mild fragrance.  Average diameter 5".  Large, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, flat bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Tall, arching, bushy, spreading, upright.  Matte, dense foliage.  

Height: 4'11" to 6'7" (150 to 200cm).  Width: 6' to 7' (185 to 215cm).

USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for garden, hedge, landscape, pillar or shrub.  Can be trained as a climber.  produces decorative hips.  rain tolerant.  shade tolerant.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Prune after flowering is finished.  

Germany - Patent No: 636583

Tetraploid

This rose was originally listed as a shrub rose in Modern Roses V. The classification has been changed to hybrid gallica per Wilhelm Kordes's book Roses, published in 1952. See REFERENCES.