'Big Chief' Rose

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'Big Chief' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Takao Nakano's Rose Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Portland Trailblazer

HMF Ratings:

24 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Big Chief
Exhibition name: Portland Trailblazer

Origin:

Bred by Patrick Dickson (1926-2012) (United Kingdom, before 1975).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Dickson Nurseries Ltd. / Dickson Roses in 1975 as 'Big Chief'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1977 as 'Big Chief'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Dark red. Mild fragrance. 20 to 25 petals. Average diameter 6.5". Very large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Few or no prickles/thorns.

Height: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 4,222 on 14 Mar 1978 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 05/756,082 on 3 Jan 1977

Inventors: Dickson; Alexander Patrick Cuming (Newtownards, EK)
Assignee: Jackson & Perkins Co. (Medford, OR)

Parentage:

Ernest H. Morse × Red Planet

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