'Red Flare' Rose

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'Red Flare' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of CybeRose

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

6 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: Red Flare
Exhibition name: Red Flare

Origin:

Bred by Quinto Mansuino (Italy, before 1944).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1954 as 'Red Flare'.

Class:

Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.

Bloom:

Carmine-red, red shading. Flowers carmin overcast spetrum-red. Strong, centifolia, old rose fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season. Large, rounded buds.

Habit:

Climbing. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 7' to 10' (215 to 305cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden or pillar.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,366 on 22 Mar 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 446,189 on 27 Jul 1954

Ada Mansuino, San Remo, Italy, assignor to Jackson & Oerkins Company, Newark, N. Y.

Parentage:

Reine Marie Henriette (cl. hybrid tea, Levet, 1878) × seedling of Paul's Scarlet Climber

Notes:

The US patent attributes 'Red Flare' to Ada Mansuino, however Quinto Mansuino describesit in 1959 as one of his survived cultivars from before 1944 (see 2015 reference by Andrew Hornung).