
Rose, Legends
Huge buds & blossoms of rich ruby red hold their brilliance from beginning to end. Large petals (just one can cover a child's palm) lend a classical Hybrid Tea bud shape, slowly spiraling open to a ruffled whopper of a rose. Large lettuce-like leaves of an unusual red-green color clothe the long cutting stems—in perfect proportion to the flower. It only takes one prodigious posy to fill a vase. Lightly fragrant. Most massive in the spring.
Class Plant Habit Growth Habit Plant Height Flower Color
Foliage Color Disease Resistance Bud Form |
Hybrid Tea Medium to medium-tall Upright to slightly spreading 43" to 4¼' Resilient bright ruby red – sometimes kissed with ebony Very large, reddened green Very good Big, pointed & ovoid |
Stem Length Flower Size Flower Form Petal Count Hybridizer Intro Year Introduced by |
Long Massive, 5 to 8 inches in diameter Huge, full & ruffled Around 30 Tom Carruth 2009 Weeks Roses |