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'Nigger Boy' rose Description
'Nigger Boy' rose photo
Photo courtesy of P Roger
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Nigger Boy
Origin:
Bred by George Knight and Sons (Australia, 1931).
Introduced in Australia by George Knight and Sons in 1932 as 'Nigger Boy'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Dark red.  Flowers very dark velvety blackish maroon.  Strong fragrance.  56 petals.  Small to medium, very full (41+ petals), globular, high-centered bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Short, compact.  Glossy, bronze-green, dense, leathery foliage.  

Height: 18" to 20" (45 to 50cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden or landscape.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
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