Hybrid Tea Rose
Rosa (Hybrid Tea Group) — various cultivars
📖 About this plant
The Hybrid Tea Rose is the quintessential rose — the flower most people picture when they think ‘rose.’ Bred for large, high-centered, classically formed flowers on long, sturdy stems ideal for cutting and floral arrangements. Available in virtually every color (red, pink, yellow, white, orange, lavender, bicolor, striped), they are the backbone of the cut flower industry. While they require more care than landscape roses, their spectacular blooms reward the dedicated gardener.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Full sun (6-8 hrs)
Every 2-3 days
Moderate (40-60%)
10-30°C
Rich, well-draining loamy soil (pH 6.0-6.5); heavily amended with organic compost and aged manure; mulch 5-8 cm deep to retain moisture
Balanced rose fertilizer (10-10-10) every 4 weeks during growing season; supplement with liquid feed between granular applications for maximum bloom production; add sulphate of potash in late summer
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- France — the first recognized Hybrid Tea was 'La France', bred by Jean-Baptiste Guillot in Lyon in 1867 by crossing a Hybrid Perpetual ('Madame Victor Verdier') with a Tea Rose ('Madame Bravy')
- 📏 Max height
- 90-150 cm (3-5 ft); upright, stiff-caned habit
- 📐 Spread
- 60-120 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring - Fall
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Red, Pink, Yellow, White
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Dark Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic — the most widely cultivated rose class in the world. Petals are edible and used in culinary applications. Rose hips are rich in Vitamin C. Thorns can be substantial and pose a physical puncture hazard. Generally safe for pets.
- 🌱 Propagation
- Softwood cuttings (10-15 cm) in early summer with rooting hormone and mist; commercially produced by T-budding onto rootstock (Rosa multiflora, Dr. Huey, or Fortuniana in warm climates)
🛡️ Health & Safety
Non-toxic — the most widely cultivated rose class in the world. Petals are edible and used in culinary applications. Rose hips are rich in Vitamin C. Thorns can be substantial and pose a physical puncture hazard. Generally safe for pets.
Common issues
- Black spot — the most serious disease; requires preventive spraying in humid climates, Powdery mildew in cool, humid, shaded conditions, Aphids, thrips, and bud borers attacking flowers, Japanese beetles, Crown gall at the graft union, Dieback from winter damage, Susceptible to rose rosette disease
💡 Care tips
- Produces the classic long-stemmed roses perfect for cutting,Prune in early spring leaving 3-5 canes per plant,Mulch heavily to retain moisture and suppress weeds,Feed every 2 weeks during the growing season for abundant blooms
