Mister Lincoln®

This rose's location in the garden is NW 4.
  • Classification: Hybrid Tea  
  • Flower Color:  dark red
  • Flower Size:  4.5-6 inches
  • Flower Form: high-centered to cupped
  • Petal Count: 35
  • Fragrance: intense fragrance
  • Repeat Bloomer: yes
  • Foliage: leathery, dark green, matte
  • Plant Height: 6 feet
  • Plant Width:  3 feet
  • Growth Habit: upright
  • Disease Resistant: moderately resistant
  • Hybridizer: Herbert Swim, Weeks Rose Growers
  • Registered: 1965
  • Parentage: ‘Chrysler Imperial’ x ‘Charles Mallerin’
  • ARS* Rating: 8.3 (a very good to excellent rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 1965 AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award
  • 2003 James Alexander Gamble Fragrance award – Learn More

Notes:
  • “President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation on May 15, 1862, to create the Department of Agriculture. It is fitting, then, that vegetation be among the objects named after him.” --- (www.everythinglincoln.com “Vegetation Named after Abraham Lincoln”).