Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Extra Bloom Info: Semi-double to double, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Mathias Tantau, Jr., 1954

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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 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
Awards and Recognitions: Other: ADR 1950
Parentage: Karl Weinhausen x Cinnabar
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Red Favorite'
  • 'TANschweigru'
  • 'Hollanderin'
  • 'Red Favourite'
  • 'Rote Hollanderin'
  • 'Salut a la Suisse'
  • 'Schweizergruss'
  • 'Tantau's Hollanderin'

Common names
  • Rose

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Date: 2015-01-28
Photo courtesy of: Anna reg

photo credit: HomeinSalem

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