Family : Rosaceae
Class : Hybrid Tea
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Born in 1962 in USA as sport of ‘Peace’, the famous Hybrid Tea created twenty years before by Meilland.
Enormous corolla with 45-60 petals, which vary in shade from intense yellow to primrose-pink. Slight perfumed. Not suited to cold conditions.
Variety denomination : JOHnago
Parentage :
Sport of ‘Peace’
Awards :
1961 - Portland Rose Trials : Gold Medal
1999 - Madison Rose Society : King of Show
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