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'Crimson Rosette' rose Description
'Crimson Rosette' rose photo
Photo courtesy of scvirginia
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
 
HMF Ratings:
5 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Dark red Floribunda.
Registration name: Crimson Rosette
Exhibition name: Crimson Rosette
Origin:
Bred by Alfred Krebs (United States, before 1947).
Introduced in United States by Howard & Smith in 1948 as 'Crimson Rosette'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1949 as 'Crimson Rosette'.
Class:
Floribunda, Polyantha.  
Bloom:
Crimson.  Mild fragrance.  30 petals.  Average diameter 1.25".  Small, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, cupped, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, compact, well-branched.  Dark green, leathery foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 18" (up to 45cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders or hedge.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 901  on  29 Nov 1949   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 792,815  on  19 Dec 1947
My present invention relates to improvement in rose plants of the polyantha type and resulted from a cross made by me of two unnamed seedlings of which one of the earlier progenitors was the Mme. Cecile Brunner.
Parentage:
Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling
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