'Ricordo di Geo Chavez' Rose

	Description		Photos		Lineage		Awards		References		Member Ratings		Member Comments		Member Journals		Cuttings		Gardens		Buy From

'Ricordo di Geo Chavez' rose Description

My HMF:

HelpMeFind's future is in your hands - Please do not take this unique resource for granted.

Your support of HelpMeFind is urgently needed. HelpMeFind, like all websites, needs funding to survive. We have set a premium-membership yearly subscription amount as low as possible to make user-community funding viable.

We are grateful to the many members who have signed up so far, but the number of premium-membership members remains too small for us to sustain the current support and development level. If you value HelpMeFind and want to see it continue we need your support too.

Yearly membership is only $2.00 per month and adds a host of additional features, and numerous planned enhancements, to take full advantage of the power and convenience of HelpMeFind. Click here to start your premium membership..

We of course also welcome donations of any amount. Click here to make a donation. Donations of $24 or more receive a thank-you gift of a 1-year premium membership.

As far as we have come, we feel HelpMeFind is still in its infancy. With your support we have so much more to accomplish.

Photo courtesy of Cà Berta

Synonyms:

HMF Ratings:

3 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Hybrid Tea.

Origin:

Bred by Massimiliano Lodi (1863-1930) (Italy, before 1910).
Introduced in Italy by Gaetano Bonfiglioli e figlio in 1911 as 'Ricordo di Geo Chavez'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea, Hybrid Tea, Cl..

Bloom:

Carmine-pink, light pink reverse. Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, climbing. Large, glossy foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria × La France de '89

Notes:

Jorge ("Geo") Chavez Dartnell (June 13, 1887 Paris - September 28, 1910 Domodossola), French-Peruvian aviator, the first to cross the Alps in an airplane (Bleriot XI monoplane) on September 23, 1910 from Brig, Switzerland to Domodossola, Italy. He crashed on landing and died 5 days later.