'Gladys Tweedie' Rose

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'Gladys Tweedie' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley

HMF Ratings:

6 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Gladys Tweedie
Exhibition name: Gladys Tweedie

Origin:

Bred by Douglas Toogood (1893-1973) (Australia, 1950).

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Crimson. Red with whitish reflex. Strong fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 5". Medium-large, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 5'7" (170cm). Width: 4'7" (140cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Crimson Glory (hybrid tea, Kordes 1935) × William Orr

Notes:

M. G. Tweedie was a committee member of the National Rose Society of Victoria in 1950, as was Douglas Toogood.

There is a discrepancy in the references as to whether the seed parent was 'Crimson Glory' or ['Crimson Glory' x unknown].