'Tassin' Rose

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'Tassin' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Jan Askell

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Tassin
Exhibition name: Tassin

Origin:

Bred by Francis Meilland (1912-1958) (France, before 1941).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1949 as 'Tassin'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea, Pernetiana.

Bloom:

Red, scarlet undertones, dark red edges. Strong fragrance. Full (26-40 petals), nodding or "weak neck" bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Upright. Light green, leathery foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

National Flower Guild × Lemania (hybrid tea, Heizmann 1936)

Notes:

Tassin, near Lyon, was the site of the Meilland nursery for many years...

Roger Mann reports from Australia that 'Tassin' is actually a dark red rose. It's about as close to black as any rose comes. A superb exhibition rose, and divinely fragrant, but I've always found it a bit stingy for the garden.