'Wildfire' Rose

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'Wildfire' rose Description

My HMF:

'Wildfire (floribunda, Swim 1953)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of jedmar

HMF Ratings:

9 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Floribunda.
Registration name: Wildfire (floribunda, Swim 1953)
Exhibition name: Wildfire

Origin:

Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1953).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Roses in 1955 as 'Wildfire'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1958 as 'Wildfire'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Red, yellow center. Cardinal red. None to mild fragrance. 8 to 10 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, single to semi-double, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, leafy sepals, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, compact, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 42" to 4' (105 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Patents:

Netherlands - Application No: 276

Wildfire, 276, Armstrong Nurseries, Inc. Ontario California U.S.A.

United States - Patent No: PP 1,381 on 19 Apr 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 364,976 on 29 Jun 1953

Herbert C. Swim, Ontario, Calif., assignor to Armstrong Nurseries, Inc., Ontario, Calif.
Patented as a Hybrid Polyantha

Parentage:

World's Fair × Pinocchio (floribunda, Kordes, 1940)

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