• Memory of Stefan Banic

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Dark red.

Bred by Frantisek Glvac (Slovakia, 2003).

Unknown.  

Red.  Double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form.  

Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: up to 2' (up to 60cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

´Spomienka na Štefana Baniča´, František Glváč 2003, Slovakia, F, syn.: ´Memory of Štefan Banič´
Parentage: Seedling x ´Orava´(F. Chorvát, 1973, F)
Shrub of medium height (0.6 meters), with initially paler green, later deeper, leathery and semi-glossy foliage. Shorter shoots are covered with deep red thorns and luminous red buds. The blossom (25 petals) grows in numerous clusters (4–7 blossoms); matte crimson with brownish tone. This rose is named after the inventor of the parachute, a Slovak native from Neštich (now Smolenice), and honorary member of the US Air Force and codiscoverer of the limestone cave Driny in Slovakia.