'Hotel Hershey' Rose

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'Hotel Hershey' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

11 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Grandiflora.
Registration name: Hotel Hershey

Origin:

Bred by J. Benjamin Williams (United States, before 1976).

Class:

Grandiflora.

Bloom:

Orange or orange-red. Mild fragrance. 34 petals. Average diameter 4.5". High-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall, armed with thorns / prickles.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 4,138 on 1 Nov 1977 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 05/734,453 on 21 Oct 1976

Parentage:

Queen Elizabeth (Hybrid Tea, Lammerts before 1951) × Comanche

Notes:

The Hotel Hershey organization has a very interesting site which mentions the rose developed and named in honor of the hotel by J. Benjamin Williams. The site is: http://www.spaathotelhershey.com/rose.html This gives some background to a fine variety and beautiful hotel and garden of roses.