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Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Aztec
Exhibition name: Aztec

Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1957 as 'Aztec'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1959 as 'Aztec'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Scarlet - orange.  Moderate, spice, tea fragrance.  22 to 28 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, leafy sepals, long, pointed buds.  

Bushy, spreading.  Medium, semi-glossy, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,648  on  Oct 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 612,345  on  26 Sep 1956