111 Modern Roses: Grandifloras
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This article is from the Rose Gardening FAQ, by Bill Chandler chandler@austin.ibm.com, Jolene Adams jolene@cchem.berkeley.edu, Brent C. Dickerson odinthor@csulf.edu, Karen Baldwin kbaldwin@veribest.com, and many contributors
111 Modern Roses: Grandifloras
The Grandiflora is a "manufactured" class--the class was invented for the
rose 'Queen Elizabeth', introduced in 1954 by Germain's Nursery in the USA.
This rose was a cross of 'Charlotte Armstrong', a Hybrid Tea, and
'Floradora', a Floribunda. This rose is representative of the attempts at
that time to produce a "different" rose (a mere 100 years after the first
Hybrid Tea appeared) that would have the characteristic long stems, large
beautiful blooms and pointed buds of the Hybrid Teas with the hardiness and
flower clusters of the shrubbier Floribundas.
Grandifloras have a tendency to grow quite tall and produce full, large
flowers. They come one to a stem as well as in clusters. The gangly growth
habit is remniscent of their Tea heritage. The individual florets are larger
than the standrad for Floribundas yet not usually as large as the huge
blooms of the Hybrid Teas.
The United States recognizes this type of rose as a separate class in rose
competitions while the International rose community lumps them in with the
Hybrid Teas and often refer to the whole bunch of them as 'large-flowered
modern roses'.
Grandifloras: 'Shining Hour', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Sundowner', 'Prima Donna',
'John S. Armstrong', 'Lady Luck', 'Tournament of Roses', 'Gold Medal',
'Camelot', 'Ole', 'Sonia', 'Love'.
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