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'Velvet Ruby' rose Description
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'Waikato' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
20 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: MAChoro
Exhibition name: Velvet Ruby
Origin:
Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1985).
Introduced in New Zealand by McGredy Roses International (New Zealand) in 1990 as 'Waikato'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Red, lighter reverse.  Mild, opinions vary fragrance.  up to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, exhibition, formal, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Large, matte, medium green foliage.  

Height: 47" (120cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for exhibition.  Rain tolerant.  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.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  
Breeder's notes:
Waikato - Machoro. Nicknamed Horowhenua.
Patents:
New Zealand - Patent No: 676  on  22 May 1992
Application No: ROS344  on  24 May 1990
Trade Name: Waikato.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 8,953  on  25 Oct 1994   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/148,825  on  4 Nov 1993
Notes:
The American patent says 40 petals, but most references comment on "few petals".