Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Globular
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Large-flowered climber
Growth Habit: Typically 8-9 feet
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Brownell Family, 1957
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 5-9

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 8-9 feet
Plant Spread: 3-5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Everblooming Pillar No. 73 x Seedling

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Rhode Island Red'
  • 'Field of Woods'
  • 'Kocher Red'
  • 'Fields of the Wood'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2016-09-26
Getting ready to bloom 2nd time this year 9/26/16

Date: 2016-08-24
Location: In my East Providence, RI Garden
Date: Taken in June 2015
This is a close-up of the bloom from the propagated bush.
Location: In my East Providence, RI Garden
Date: June 2017
This plant was propagated from a rose that was bought from the Br

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