Meaning of hybrid tea | Babel Free

Definitions

A cross between a hybrid perpetual and a tea rose.

Examples

“Of all white hybrid teas, Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria is the best known.”

“During the last few years he has introduced such hybrid teas as the apricot-coloured Fairy Dancers, Gay Gordons, red and yellow, and Northern Lights, creamy yellow with tinges of pink.”

“Many countries still refuse to recognize “grandiflora” as a legitimate name, largely on the ground that it seems to imply that the individual blooms are unusually large, whereas most grandifloras have somewhat smaller blooms than the larger hybrid teas.”

“✓ Climbing sports: These climbers — generally named after their original variety, such as ‘Climbing Queen Elizabeth’ from the famous, pink grandiflora — result from unusually vigorous canes that grow from popular hybrid teas, grandifloras, shrubs, and floribundas.”

“There has been a hug swing away from the sort of roses my grandparents loved, fancy Hybrid Teas and Florinbundas^([sic]) with names like 'Tallyho' and 'Gay Gordons'.”

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