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'Aztec' rose Description
'Aztec' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Aztec
Exhibition name: Aztec
Origin:
Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1957 as 'Aztec'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1959 as 'Aztec'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Scarlet - orange.  Moderate, spice, tea fragrance.  22 to 28 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, leafy sepals, long, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, spreading.  Medium, semi-glossy, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,648  on  Oct 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 612,345  on  26 Sep 1956
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