'Fort Knox' Rose

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'Fort Knox' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Fort Knox

Origin:

Bred by Arthur Preston Howard (United States, before 1955).
Introduced in United States by Howard & Smith in 1956 as 'Fort Knox'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1960 as 'Fort Knox'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Lemon-yellow. Strong, tea fragrance. 17 to 20 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Dark green, leathery, wrinkled (rugose) foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,525 on 30 Oct 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 519, 015 on 29 Jun 1955

Arhur Preston Howard, Sierra Madre, Calif., assignor to Howard & Smith, Montebello, Calif.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Ville de Paris

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