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Blaze

The medium red colored Large-Flowered Climber rose named Blaze.
This rose's location in the garden is SW 11.
This rose's location in the garden is SW 11.
  • Classification: Climber (large-flowered)   
  • Flower Color:  medium red
  • Flower Size: 2-3 inches
  • Flower Form: cupped, borne in large clusters
  • Petal Count: 20-25  
  • Fragrance: light
  • Repeat Bloomer: late spring or early summer; late summer or early fall
  • Foliage: dark green
  • Plant Height:  9-12 feet
  • Plant Width:  6-8 feet
  • Growth Habit: climbing
  • Disease Resistant: no 
  • Hybridizer: Joseph Kallay
  • Registered: 1932
  • Parentage: distributed as ‘Paul’s Scarlet Climber’ x ‘Gruss an Teplitz’
  • ARS* Rating: 7.2 (an average rose, but much higher rating in Kansas City Zone 6)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • None

Notes:
  • “Probably one of the most famous roses in the trade, Blaze was introduced in the fall of 1932 by the Jackson & Perkins company.  They held a contest the previous year to name the rose and over 25,000 entries were received.  The winning entry, ‘Blaze’, received $100. The success of the rose was partly due to ingenious marketing and heavy promotion.  However, it cannot be denied that ‘Blaze’ is a fantastic rose.  An ‘Improved’ version was introduced in 1950, bred by a Czech grower.  This one boasted repeat blooming and this is the version that you find in nurseries today.  The rich crimson color of the blooms set against dark green foliage is stunning when grown on archways, posts and pillars.” --- “Blaze” at A Southern Garden.com

  • ‘Blaze’ was one of the first roses planted in the Laura Conyers Smith Rose Garden, based on a drawing by Laura Conyers Smith from 1932.
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