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'Red France' rose Description
'Red France' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kang Mei's Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
24 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: FAZcanne
Origin:
Bred by Evelyne Fazari (France, before 1997).
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Red.  None / no, fruity fragrance.  up to 35 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Upright, well-branched.  Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  
Patents:
Canada - Application No: 98-1379  on  6 May 1998
Application withdrawn on July 2, 2004.
Breeder: Evelyne Fazari, SCEA Rosaplants, Antibes, France
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,480  on  15 Aug 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/203,790  on  1 Dec 1998
Inventors: Fazari; Evelyne (Antibes, FR)
Assignee: Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. (Medford, OR)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class which was originated by me by crossing PEKOM ECLI (not patented), with A 0121 (Rosaplant seedling--not patented).....Observations made from specimens grown in a greenhouse environment at Somis, Calif. from January 1997 to September 1998.
Parentage:
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Notes:
Carlton Rose Nurseries says this rose looks to be the most promising new red cut rose for North America.