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Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Alabama (hybrid tea, Weeks, 1976)

Bred by O.L. Weeks (1912-2002) (United States, 1976).

Hybrid Tea.  

Pink blend.  Strong, tea fragrance.  20 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, exhibition, high-centered, reflexed bloom form.  Moderate, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, exhibition or garden.  Vigorous.  

United States - Patent No: PP 4,008   VIEW USPTO PATENT

The State of Alabama was admitted to the Union on 14 December 1819. Named for the Alabamas Indians.