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'Drop Dead Red' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Penelope
HMF Ratings:
32 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Dark red Floribunda. Registration name: WEKcharlieExhibition name: Drop Dead Red
Bloom:
Dark velvet red. Mild, tea fragrance. 20 to 26 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height: 33" to 39" (85 to 100cm). Width: 2' to 28" (60 to 70cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden or landscape. Drought resistant. heat tolerant.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 22,571 on 13 Mar 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/927,751 on 22 Nov 2010 Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Floribunda Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `WEKsanpoly` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,513) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `ADHarman` (not patented).... description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of November.
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