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• Heat Wave

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Orange or orange-red Floribunda.
Registration name: Heat Wave
Exhibition name: Heat Wave

Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1958).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1958 as 'Heat Wave'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1960 as 'Heat Wave'.

Floribunda.  

Orange - scarlet.  Mild fragrance.  26 to 36 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, cupped, open bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 10b.  Vigorous.  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,786  on  30 Dec 1958   VIEW USPTO PATENT