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CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION: "Fragrant Cloud" OTHER ANNOYING LITTLE FACTS: Some True, Some Made Up

Name: Fragrant Cloud
Synonym: Duftwolke, Nuage Parfume', Fragrant Cloud '84
Designation: TANellis
Class: Hybrid Tea Rose (Modern Large Flowered)
Hybridizer/Date: Tantau, Germany 1963
Parentage: seedling x Prima Ballerina
Fragrance: Very Strong damask
ARS Color: Orange-red and orange-red blooms.
Awards: National Rose Society Presidents International Trophy 1964, Portland Gold Medal 1966, James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Award 1970, Worlds Favorite Rose 1981
27-30 petals

Comments: The name says it all. It is extremely fragrant, though the fragrance will evaporate in the hot sun.
MUCH MUCH used in hybridizing makes it the parent of many an excellent rose. First generation offspring include the great AARS winning climber 'America', and another one of my best smelling favorites 'Typhoo Tea'.

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