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Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Audie Murphy

Bred by Dr. Walter E. Lammerts (United States, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Roseway Nursery Historic Archive 1980 in 1957 as 'Audie Murphy'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1958 as 'Audie Murphy'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Cherry-red - orange-red, ages to rose-red .  Moderate, spice fragrance.  18 to 22 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Very large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, long, pointed buds.  

Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, upright.  Large, semi-glossy, bronze-green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,558  on  29 Jan 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 578,554  on  16 Apr 1956