''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 Garden roses#Hybrid perpetual, hybrid perpetuals with ...
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 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 (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, (1981)
See also
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Garden roses
Garden roses are predominantly Hybrid (biology), hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. An ...
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All-America Rose Selections
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List of Award of Garden Merit roses
Notes
References
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