'Don Quichotte' Rose

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'Don Quichotte' rose Description

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HMF Ratings:

18 favorite votes.

ARS:

Floribunda.

Origin:

Bred by Marcel Robichon (France, 1970).
Introduced in United States by Ilgenfritz Nursery Inc. in 1964 as 'Don Quichotte'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Cherry-red, yellow undertones. Mild fragrance. Large, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright. Glossy, leathery foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Charles Gregory (hybrid tea, Verschuren before 1940) × Marcelle Auclair

Notes:

Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain.