Chris Evert™

This rose's location in the garden is NE 8.

• Classification: Hybrid Tea
• Flower Color: orange blend
• Flower Size: large
• Flower Form:  double, well formed
• Petal Count:  25-30
• Fragrance:  strong, fruity
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:  dark green, semi-glossy
• Plant Height:  3-4 feet
• Plant Width:  2-3 feet
• Growth Habit:  upright, compact
• Disease Resistant: yes
• Hybridizer:  Tom Carruth, Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc.
• Registered:  1996
• Parentage:  (‘Katherine Loker’ x ‘Gingersnap’) x ‘Voodoo’
• ARS* Rating:  7.4 (a good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:

• 2000 Queen of the Show, Madison Rose Society and Santa Clara County Rose Society

 
Notes:

• The hybridizer, Tom Carruth, called this rose a “grand slam,” and named it after the world-class tennis player who had won 18 Grand Slam singles championships in the 1970s and 1980s. --- Brenner & Scanniello, (A Rose by Any Name, page 273).