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    'TOMfire' rose Description
    'Wildfire (floribunda, Thomson, 2000)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Johno
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • Wildfire (floribunda, Thomson, 2000)
    • Wildfire 2000
    HMF Ratings:
    35 favorite votes.  
    ARS:
    Yellow blend Floribunda.
    Registration name: TOMfire
    Exhibition name: Wildfire 2000 (floribunda, Thomson 2000)
    Origin:
    Bred by George L. Thomson (Australia, before 1996).
    Introduced in Australia by Ross Roses in 2000 as 'Wildfire 2000'.
    Class:
    Floribunda.  
    Bloom:
    Yellow, red edges.  Strong fragrance.  17 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:
    Bushy.  Small, glossy foliage.  

    Height: 30" to 4½' (75 to 135cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
    Patents:
    Australia - Patent No: AU2600P  on  7 Feb 2005
    Application No: 2000/191  on  22 Jun 2000   VIEW PBR PATENT
    seed parent ‘Remember Me’ x pollen parent ‘Tequila Sunrise’. ...Hybridisation took place in Mt Barker, South Australia in 1995 and 1996. .... Breeder: George Thomson, Mt Barker, South Australia.
    First Australian sale winter 2000.
    Parentage:
    Remember Me ® (hybrid tea, Cocker 1979) × Tequila Sunrise
    Notes:
    According to Ross Roses in Australia, 'Wildfire' is a charity rose to raise funds for Volunteers of the Country Fire Services.