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Red Hybrid Tea Rose I.D.?

Hello everyone! There is a beautiful variety of red rose that we have at the farm. It has beautiful, dark red flowers that have the most heavenly scent. It's probably one of my strongest smelling roses; it smells almost exactly like "Mr. Lincoln." The leaves are matte-green and it is very drought-tolerant. The only problem is that it has the worst strain of mosaic virus I have ever seen. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could identify it so I can purchase some bushes that don't have mosaic virus to replace them with.

Thank you for your help!




Have a lovely evening,

damask_rose : )

Comments (8)

  • 6 years ago

    It sounds like it might be Crimson Glory. A heavenly scent and a dense, twiggy growth habit that is often wider than tall are hallmarks of this lovely old variety. Roses Unlimited sells an own root virus indexed version which grows fine for me, but finding a virus free grafted specimen is probably nearly impossible.

    damask_rose_zone9b thanked Chris Martins Zone6a Chicago
  • 6 years ago

    I wouldn't get rid of that beauty! Glorious!!

    damask_rose_zone9b thanked rosecanadian
  • 6 years ago

    Tia, try using voice recognition. If I try to type on my phone it erases everything just as you say. I can type easily with no problem on my laptop however.

  • 6 years ago

    Thank you everyone! I believe it is "Crimson Glory." Sorry for the confusion, I am not going to replace the bushes at the farm, I want to replace the bushes that we propagated and took home. Most of my roses have mosaic virus and I don't mind it at all, it's hardly even noticeable. The mosaic virus does not show up too bad on the bushes at the farm, but for some reason the bushes that we propagated and planted here got the virus really bad. It's so bad that a lot of the buds are deformed and dry up before they even bloom, and there are big yellow blotches all over the leaves, instead of just a few yellow zig-zags like on most of my other roses. I'm not sure why the bushes grow well at the farm and not over here, I think maybe because the climate is slightly cooler so the virus is more prevalent throughout the bushes? I would take pictures but we already took the bushes out over here; I didn't want this strain of mosaic virus to spread to my other roses accidentally. I think I will just enjoy the bushes when I go to the farm, and plant something else in place of them here, maybe some more bushes of "Bill Warriner."

    Thanks again for all your help!

    damask_rose : )

  • 6 years ago

    RMV will not spread to your other bushes unless you graft from them. Do not worry about that.

    damask_rose_zone9b thanked Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
  • 6 years ago

    Thank you Sheila! I have been sanitizing my pruners before I prune my roses that don't have RMV. Should I still do this? Can my roses get infected if I prune a non-infected rose after pruning an infected rose?

  • 6 years ago

    I don't think so, damask. I seems to be transmitted from infected root stock grafting or rooting infected canes but not plant to plant on pruning shears. There are a couple of trolls on this topic you have to ignore.

    damask_rose_zone9b thanked Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR