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'Spartan, Cl.' rose Description
'Spartan, Cl.' rose photo
Photo courtesy of passiflora
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HMF Ratings:
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ARS:
Orange or orange-red Floribunda, Cl..
Registration name: Spartan, Cl.
Origin:
Discovered by John Martinez (United States, 1956). Discovered by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, 1960). Discovered by Eugene S. Boerner (United States, 1965).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1963 as 'Spartan, Cl.'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1964 as 'Spartan, Cl.'.
Class:
Climber, Floribunda, Cl..  
Bloom:
Orange-red.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Climbing.  

Height: 6' to 7' (185 to 215cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,616  on  2 Jul 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 620,777  on  6 Nov 1956
John Martinez, Glendale, Ariz., assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.
The new variety was discovered by me in the fields of my assignee at Glendale, Arizona, where a block of plants of the variety "Spartan" were being grown.
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