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• Twenty-Fifth

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Dark red Floribunda.
Registration name: BEAtwe
Exhibition name: Twenty-Fifth

Bred by Amanda Beales (1967-2013) (United Kingdom, before 1996).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Peter Beales Roses in 1996 as 'Twenty-Fifth'.

Floribunda.  

Dark red.  Mild fragrance.  14 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Height: 2' (60cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  

Pollen parent is either 'Horstmann's Rosenresli' or 'Pearl Drift'. Refer references.

The Peter Beales Collection of Classic Roses 2000-2001 says this rose bears prolific quantities of deep red, semi-double flowers in very large clusters throughout the summer. It was named to celebrate Peter Beales Roses 25th anniversary at the Chelsea Flower Show.