'Bing Crosby' Rose

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'Bing Crosby' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Jean Marion

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

15 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Bing Crosby

Origin:

Bred by Weeks Roses (United States, 1981).

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Red, darker veining. Mild, spice fragrance. 48 to 54 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, ruffled, scalloped bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Tall, bushy, upright, well-branched. Medium, dark green, dense, leathery, wrinkled (rugose) foliage.

Height: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower or garden. Vigorous. heat tolerant. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 4,695 VIEW USPTO PATENT

1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly by a floriferous, vigorous, free branching plant producing heavily petalled flowers of red coloring borne singly to a stem and in small clusters and which retain their attractiveness upon aging as well as in hot weather.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × First Prize

Notes:

Bing Crosby was born on May 3, 1903.
Differences concerning parentage, See References.
Weeks Roses 1999-2000 Catalog, p. 9, says parentage is Seedling x 'First Prize'.