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'Command Performance' rose Description
'Command Performance' rose photo
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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.
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