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'Hugh Dickson' rose Description
'Hugh Dickson' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Shmoopy's Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
37 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Perpetual.
Registration name: Hugh Dickson
Origin:
Bred by Hugh Dickson (c.1877 -1922) (United Kingdom, 1905).
Introduced in Australia by Taylor & Sangster in 1905 as 'Hugh Dickson'.
Class:
Hybrid Perpetual.  
Bloom:
Crimson, scarlet shading.  Strong fragrance.  35 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 4.75".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), classic hybrid tea, high-centered, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 6' to 10' (185 to 305cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Vigorous.  a good subject for pegging.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Prune after flowering is finished.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
See references.