Botanical Name: Rosa hybrida
Common Name: Hybrid tea rose
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape variable in shape depending upon variety; mostly upright, with wide-spreading, thorny, cane-like stems forming a loose irregular to rounded form with age; rather sparse
Height 2-6' (8')
Spread equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun (for best blooming)
Soil prefers rich loam; tolerates most except alkaline
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-24); thrive in warm low-elevation sites
 
Morphology:
Leaves odd-pinnately compound, usually with 3-5 oval-elliptic leaflets 1 to 1-1/2" long; leaf base flattened, with stipules; margins serrate
Flowers many different colors depending on the variety (this is the most popular of all rose types); produced on current years growth at stem ends
Fruit a fleshy berry
 
Propagation:
hardwood cuttings, or budding/grafting onto hardy rootstock
 
Usage:
the most wide spread of all types of roses; for cut flowers or as showy fillers when in bloom; plants can be rather spindly and unattractive unless frequently pruned
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular, deep soaking is preferred; avoid overhead watering
Fertilizing balanced, 2-3 times annually
Pruning very important for flower production; head back/thin out every winter season
Pests/Diseases powdery mildew, aphids, rose crown gall, fireblight, thrips
Special Conditions/Other winter pruning promotes healthier, disease-free growth
 
Origin: Europe/United States
Family: Rosaceae

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