Mr. Lincoln
For President's Day, you have a couple of choices. Mr. Lincoln won the All-America Rose Selection top prize in 1965 (Conard Pyle) and many in the industry still consider it the best red rose ever developed.
It's a hybrid tea with a strong damask scent and dark red flowers on long stems. It has an upright habit and the blooms are long lasting.
Zones 5-9.
If red is not your favorite color, you could opt for the pure white hybrid tea John F. Kennedy.
It has a strong, fruity fragrance, does fine in hot weather, and has a classic form.
About four feet high,
Zones 4-9
(photos: top, Star Roses; bottom, Jackson & Perkins)
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