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• Ile de France (hybrid tea, Gaujard, 1937)

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Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Adoration
Exhibition name: Adoration

Bred by Jean-Marie Gaujard (1903-1995) (France, before 1937).
Introduced in France by Jean-Marie Gaujard in 1937 as 'Ile de France'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 1940 as 'Adoration'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Salmon-orange.  Moderate fragrance.  up to 22 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Very large, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long buds.  

Bushy, upright.  Leathery foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  

United States - Patent No: PP 453  on  25 Feb 1941   VIEW USPTO PATENT

Christened September 19, 1937 at the International Exposition in Paris.
"Ile de France" is the name of the region around Paris.