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'Montezuma' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Calif Sue
HMF Ratings:
38 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Orange-pink Grandiflora.
Registration name: Montezuma (grandiflora, Swim 1954)
Exhibition name: Montezuma
Class:
Found Rose, Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Geranium-red. Mild fragrance. 32 to 40 petals. Average diameter 3.75". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, leafy sepals, long sepals, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Tall, compact, upright, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 30" to 5' (75 to 150cm). Width: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden. Very vigorous. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.
Patents:
Netherlands - Application No: 277 Montezuma, 277, Armstrong Nurseries, Inc. Ontario California U.S.A. United States - Patent No: PP 1,383 on 19 Apr 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 423,549 on 15 Apr 1954 Herbert C. Swim, Ontario, Calif., assignor to Armstrong Nurseries, Inc., Ontario, Calif.
Notes:
Arena Rose Co.'s Catalog 2000 says Montezuma produces clusters of high-centered blooms of salmony-red...
In The Ultimate Rose Book, Stirling Macoboy says, "Emperor Montezuma was one of the all-time great gardeners."
["Rose Marian" was found by Alice Dadd and given to Mostly Roses Nursery, Western Australia prior to 1997. Identified by Patricia Routley in 2018 by comparing "Rose Marian" with a named bush of 'Montezuma' at the David Martin garden in Manjimup.]
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