Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Tall, 5-6 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Dr. Keith W. Zary, 2011
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: unknown

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Always & Forever'
  • 'JACelvet'
  • 'Always and Forever'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Cisco, Tx (between Dallas and Abilene)
Date: 2018-05-09
Location: Cisco, Tx (between Dallas and Abilene)
Date: 2018-05-10
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2008-09-28
Uploaded by zuzu

Date: 2012-05-18
Uploaded by zuzu
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Jan 11, 2011 7:19 AM concerning plant:
    This was one of the 2008 J&P Test Panel roses. It has lovely exhibition-quality blooms on very long stems.

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