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'Flirtation' rose Description
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'Flirtation' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Flirtation
Origin:
Bred by Roy E. Shepherd (United States, before 1953).
Introduced in United States by Bosley Nursery in 1953 as 'Flirtation'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1957 as 'Flirtation'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Pink, lemon-yellow reverse.  Mild to strong, tea fragrance.  up to 30 petals.  Average diameter 5.5".  Very large, full (26-40 petals), high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed buds.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, compact.  Large, glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,373  on  29 Mar 1955   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 430,751  on  18 May 1954
Roy E. Shepherd, Medina, Ohio, assignor to Edith C. Bosley, Mentor, Ohio
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