What are hybrid tea roses?

hybrid tea roses are a class of roses known by having perfect flowers and creating excellent cut roses. With well -shaped centers and fully double petals are modern hybrid tea roses for many classic roses. The first class appeared in the mid -18th century as a cross between two older types, tea roses and hybrid eternal roses and new introductions quickly gained popularity. Hybrid tea roses have growing challenges than some other roses, but are still valued and often planted. period and hybrid eternal tolerance of winter temperatures under frost. The French Rose Growers recognized the new class in 1880 and the Rose Society in the UK awarded the recognition in 1897. The deliberate hybridization was a setting of this new rose class and the introduction of hybrid tea roses meant the beginning of the modern era in roses.

hybrid tea roses have an upright growth habit with individual largeMi flowers or small clusters of flowers carried out on long straight stems. The buds are large and smooth, while fully double flowers have high centers and well -shaped petals that are from the center of the spiral. Each flower can have a diameter of up to 5 inches (12.7 cm) and hybrids create excellent cut flowers. Although some do not have much smell, many of them have a mild to strong complex smell. Hybrid tea roses come in a wide range of colors including white, yellow, orange, red, pink and lavender.

beds for these roses should allow enough space around each plant, which reduces disease and sponge problems. The bushes are best planted with dedicated pink beds and distributed from at least 2 feet apart (61 cm) in a cold climate up to 4 feet (1.2 m) apart, where the weather is hot and humid. They prefer a damp but not waterlogged soil with a layer of mulch at the top and fertilizer should be applied at least twice as a growing season. Hybrid tea roses are usually for the USDA zone6 durable, but require winter protection to the coldest range. Bush flowers on new wood and should be strictly cut at the beginning of spring before they set out.