'Command Performance' Rose

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'Command Performance' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of goncmg

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

15 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Command Performance

Origin:

Bred by Robert V. Lindquist (United States, before 1969).
Introduced in Australia by Roy H. Rumsey Pty. Ltd. in 1971 as 'Command Performance'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange or orange-red. Strong, fruity fragrance. 25 to 35 petals. Average diameter 5.75". Very 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, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Upright, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Growing:

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

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 3,063 on 5 Oct 1971 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 841,157 on 11 Jul 1969

Rpbert V. Lindquist, Hemet, Calif., assignor to Hemet Wholesale, Hemet, Calif.

Parentage:

Tropicana × Hawaii (hybrid tea, Boerner c1958)

Notes: