'Red Letter Day' Rose

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'Red Letter Day' rose Description

My HMF:

'Red Letter Day (hybrid tea, Dickson, 1914)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Red-Letter Day

HMF Ratings:

14 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Red-Letter Day (hybrid tea, Dickson, 1914)
Exhibition name: Red-Letter Day (hybrid tea, Dickson, 1914)

Origin:

Bred by Alexander Dickson II (1857-1949) (United Kingdom, 1914).
Introduced in Australia by H. Kemp in 1915 as 'Red Letter Day'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Scarlet - crimson, pink stamens. Devoid of any blue or magenta. golden stamens, petals twist back and forward. Cactus-dahlia-shaped flowers. None / no fragrance. Average diameter 3.5". Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright. Matte, grey-green foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

A tall bedder that had a white streak in the center petals. Deepening in autumn to "almost black".
Sage-green foliage. Refer 1925 reference for "a prolific bearer of seed pods".