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'Black Boy'.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

synonyms: 'Blackboy'.,
Black Boy
Ref No: 356
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colour: Very Dark Red
height: Average Shrub 2.5 - 5 feet (0.75 m - 1.5 m)
scent: Good or wonderful old rose scent
introduction: 1951 - 1965
usda zone: Zone 5 (-22ºC/-7.6ºF to -27ºC/-16.6ºF)
flowers: Fully Double
repeat: Once Flowering

A large flowered Hybrid Tea bred by Clark and introduced in 1919, (‘Etoile de France’ x ‘Bardou Job’). Dark red, large, semi-double flowers repeating in the autumn, fragrant. Size 10 ft. x 8 ft. USDA Zone: 8a, will probably survive down to (10-15° F) (-10°C). Photographed by Bill Grant and Lilia Weatherly.


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