''Rosa'' 'Fragrant Cloud', (aka TANellis ), is a
hybrid tea rose
Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Hybrid Perpetuals with the tall, elegant Tea roses. T ...
cultivar, bred by Mathias Tantau, Jr. in
Germany
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in 1963. The plant was created from stock parents, ''Rosa'' 'Prima Ballerina' and ''Rosa'' 'Monteauma'. 'Fragrant Cloud' has won multiple awards, including the
Portland Gold Medal in 1966, the James Gamble Fragrance award in 1970, and induction into the
Rose Hall of Fame
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as "World's Favourite Rose" in 1981.
Description
'Fragrant Cloud' is a medium-tall, upright shrub, 3 to 7 ft (91–152 cm) in height with a 3 to 4 ft (90–121 cm) spread. Blooms are very large,6 in (15 cm) in diameter, with a high centered, full bloom form with 26 to 40 petals. Flowers are borne singly on short stems or in small clusters of 3–7. The flowers are a bright orange-coral, and take on an unusual purplish hue as they mature. The rose has a strong, citrus, damask fragrance; large, dark green foliage; and is very prickly. Fragrant Cloud' blooms in flushes throughout its growing season. The plant does well in
USDA
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zone 7 and warmer.
Child plants
'Fragrant Cloud' was used to hybridize the following plants:
* ''Rosa'' 'Alec's Red'
* ''Rosa'' 'Bengal Tiger'
* ''Rosa'' 'Boogie Woogie'
* ''Rosa'' 'Folklore'
* ''Rosa'' 'Forgotten Dreams'
* ''Rosa'' 'Friendship'
* ''Rosa'' 'Gitte
* ''Rosa'' 'Harmonie'
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''Rosa'' 'Just Joey'
* ''Rosa'' 'Kleopatra'
* ''Rosa'' 'Rose Rhapsody'
* ''Rosa'' 'Tenerife'
* ''Rosa'' 'Typhoo Tea'
* ''Rosa'' 'Velvet Fragrance'
Awards
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Royal National Rose Society
The Royal National Rose Society (RNRS) (1876-2017) was a specialist horticultural organization in the United Kingdom dedicated to the cultivation and appreciation of roses. Founded in 1876 as the "National Rose Society", it was the world's olde ...
(RNRS), President's International Trophy (PIT), (1964)
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Portland Gold Medal, (1966)
* James Gamble Fragrance award, (1970)
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Rose Hall of Fame
The Rose Hall of Fame contains roses considered world favourites by a vote of members of the World Federation of Rose Societies. Inductees are announced every three years at World Rose Conventions. Additionally, popular historical roses and roses o ...
, (1981)
See also
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Garden roses
Garden roses are predominantly hybrid
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a ...
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All-America Rose Selections The All-America Rose Selections (AARS) is an award that was given annually, from 1940 to 2013, by the American rose industry to an outstanding new rose variety. The AARS selection was regarded as the most prestigious rose prize in the United States ...
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List of Award of Garden Merit roses
The following is a selected list of rose varieties and cultivars which currently (2017) hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
List of roses
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Notes
References
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