'Fred Howard' Rose

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'Fred Howard' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

16 favorite votes.

ARS:

Yellow blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Fred Howard

Origin:

Bred by Frederick Huber Howard (United States, before 1950).
Introduced in United States by Howard & Smith in 1952 as 'Fred Howard'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1954 as 'Fred Howard'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Pink, orange shading, golden-yellow shading. Mild fragrance. 50 to 60 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, very full (41+ petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,006 on 27 Feb 1951 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Issued to Fred H. Howard, deceased, late of Montebello, California; assigned to Howard and Smith.

Parentage:

Pearl Harbor × Unnamed Seedling

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