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Chrysler Imperial

The dark red colored Hybrid Tea rose named Chrysler Imperial; information provided by the Kansas City Rose Society.
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This rose's location in the Garden is SE 4.
  • Classification: Hybrid Tea
  • Flower Color: dark red  
  • Flower Size:  4.5-5 inches
  • Flower Form: high-centered, borne singly
  • Petal Count: 45-50
  • Fragrance: very fragrant
  • Repeat Bloomer: yes
  • Foliage: dark, semi-glossy
  • Plant Height: 2.5-6.5 feet
  • Plant Width: 2-4 feet
  • Growth Habit: upright
  • Disease Resistant: yes
  • Hybridizer: Dr. Walter E. Lammerts
  • Registered: 1952
  • Parentage: ‘Charolotte Armstrong’ x ‘Mirandy’
  • ARS* Rating: 7.8 (a solid to very good rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 1951 Gold Medal Portland
  • 1953 AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award
  • 1956 ARS National GM Certificate
  • 1964 ARS John Cook Medal
  • 1965 James Alexander Gamble Rose Fragrance Medal – Learn More
 
Notes:
  • “At its inception, the Chrysler Imperial rose had an official association with Chrysler Corporation (producers of the Chrysler Imperial automobile). In the 1954 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, 25,000 Chrysler Imperial roses in individual refreshment tubes of water covered the base of the float entered by the City of Detroit, Michigan, and Chrysler Corporation.  The theme of the float was ‘Life of an American Workman,’ as Chrysler Corporation founder Walter P. Chrysler had titled his autobiography.  The center of this float featured the figure of an American Workman striding out from the pages of a book to strike a heavy hammer upon an anvil from which floral ‘sparks’ flowed, their trains leading in several directions to various Detroit signature products: an automobile, a truck, an airplane, a tank, and a boat.”  (Wikipedia, “Rosa ‘Chrysler Imperial’”) retrieved January 2021.
 
  • “Millions of viewers watched the Parade on television’s first coast-to-coast color broadcast.” --- Brenner & Scanniello, (A Rose by Any Name, page 58).
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