Mikado 

Red blend Hybrid Tea.

Scarlet and yellow. Flowers brilliant luminous light scarlet, suffused with yellow at base. Mild fragrance. Full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, exhibition bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Tall, upright. Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.

Hybridizer: Seizo Suzuki (Japan, 1976)

Parentage:

Seed: Fragrant Cloud

Pollen: Kagayaki

Medallion

Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea.

Apricot or apricot blend. Mild, fruity, licorice fragrance. 35 to 40 petals. Average diameter 7″. Large, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Height of 4′ to 5′ (135 to 165 cm). Width of up to 4′ (up to 120 cm).

Hybridizer: William A. Warriner (United States, 1973)

Parentage:

Seed: South Seas

Pollen: King’s Ransom

Loeta Liggett

Pink blend Hybrid Tea.

Pink blend. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Height of 3′ to 42″ (90 to 105 cm).

Hybridizer: M. Thomas Liggett (United States, 1984)

Parentage:

Sport of Duet (hybrid tea, Swim, 1960)

Lady Elsie May

Orange-pink Shrub.

Orange-pink. Moderate, rose fragrance. 8 to 14 petals. Average diameter 4.5″. Medium to large, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.

Medium, bushy, dense, upright. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Height of 3′ (90 cm).

Hybridizer: Reinhard Noack (Germany, 2002)

Parentage:

Seed: Repandia (shrub, Kordes, 1982)

Pollen: Gruss an Angeln

Koko Loko

Mauve or mauve blend Floribunda.

(PPAF) Milk chocolate and lavender? You have to see it to believe it! It’s hard to imagine a milky chocolate-colored bud maturing to a solid soft lavender blossom. The transition is so unusual and actually quite beautiful. The chocolate is creamy, like latte, but the latte goes ‘loco’ and finishes fully lavender. The blooms have impeccable show form and are long-lasting on the plant and in the vase. Rounded, bushy plants are chock full of deep green leaves that stay clean and healthy. Beyond its novelty, this is a great plant! Flower Size: 3-1/2 to 4-1/2″. Fragrance: Mild. Hybridizer: Bedard, 2012.

Milky chocolate suffusing to unusual lavender. Mild fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4.5″. Medium-large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, classic hybrid tea, high-centered bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed buds.

Medium, bushy, rounded. Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.

Height of 30″ to 35″ (75 to 90 cm).

Hybridizer: Christian Bdard (United States, 2010)

Parentage:

Seed: Blueberry Hill

Pollen: Pot O’Gold

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Ingrid Bergman 

Dark red Hybrid Tea.

Dark red. Mild fragrance. 30 to 40 petals. Average diameter 4.75″. Large, full (26-40 petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Upright, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.

Height of 2′ to 39″ (60 to 100 cm). Width of 2′ to 26″ (60 to 65 cm).

Hybridizer: L. Pernille Olesen and Mogens N. Olesen (Denmark, 1984)

Parentage:

Seed: Precious Platinum

Pollen: Seedling

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Impatient 

Orange or orange-red Floribunda.

Orange or orange-red. Mild fragrance. 20 to 25 petals. Average diameter 3.5″. Medium, flat bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.

Hybridizer: William A. Warriner (United States, 1982)

Parentage:

America (climber, Warriner, 1976) x  Seedling

Grootendorst Red 

Medium red Hybrid Rugosa.

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Red. None to mild fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 1.25″. Small, very double, in small clusters, open bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Bushy. Small, wrinkled (rugose) foliage.

Height of 4′ 11″ to 6′ 7″ (150 to 200 cm). Width of up to 4′ (up to 120 cm).

Hybridizer: De Goey (Netherlands, 1918)

Parentage:

Seed: R. rugosa rubra

Pollen: Madame Norbert Levavasseur

Givenchy

Red blend Hybrid Tea.

Red blend. Spice fragrance. 30 petals. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Height of 4′ to 5′ (120 to 150 cm). Width of 4′ (120 cm).

Hybridizer: Jack E. Christensen (United States, 1986)

Parentage:

Seed: Gingersnap

Pollen: Double Delight