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Family: Rosaceae (ro-ZAY-see-ee) (Info) Genus: Rosa (RO-zuh) (Info) Cultivar: Chrysler Imperial Additional cultivar information: (PP01528) Hybridized by Lammerts; Year of Registration or Introduction: 1952
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Bloom Color: Dark red (dr)
Bloom Shape: Tea shaped
Flower Fragrance: Very Fragrant
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Blooms repeatedly
Habit: Shrub
Patent Information: Non-patented
Other Details: Shade-tolerant Resistant to black spot Resistant to mildew Avoid chemical sprays Stems are very thorny
Pruning Instructions: Blooms on new wood; prune early to promote new growth
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
Propagation Methods: From softwood cuttings From semi-hardwood cuttings From hardwood cuttings By grafting By budding
On Jun 10, 2009, monniemon from Lansdale, PA wrote:
C. imperial is in its second season here in zone 6. It came through the winter with just mulch protection. It needed no more than a light prunning. No b.s. or mildew, tall, bushy, thorny. This red rose has the best fragrance that i have ever had the pleasure to smell. My neighbor smelled mine and bought herself one.
Winter hardy to zone 6 and a very vigorous grower and reblooming well into late fall. A must have for the garden.
On Jul 4, 2006, RocketCity from Owens Cross Roads, AL (Zone 7a) wrote:
Chrysler Imperial was my first hybrid tea choice 15 years ago. Living in a humid yet long growing season
,I never sprayed or pruned this beautiful rose. I always have at least a dozen or more perfect large fragrant blooms for Mother's Day!
On Jun 22, 2005, CatskillKarma from West Kill, NY wrote:
Guess I ahould have checked here before I bought this one. I am in a zone 5a/4b mountainous areas where most tea roses are borderline. There was a bright pink tea rose just outside my husband's studio door that we lost several years back, partly do to inept pruning and mulching. I bought this on impulse at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this year, but it was much warmer in the city than on our mountaintop. My husband planted it in May, before our last frost, and it died back. It has come back vigorously, but I am not sure whether from below the graft or not. We'll see!
On Jun 19, 2005, NWagner from Milwaukee, WI wrote:
Can't say enough good things about this rose. My parents gave it to me as a Christmas present many years ago and I always tell them it was the best present ever. It takes little or no care and just has the most incredible blooms from June until nearly the end of November, even in Wisconsin. The color is such a deep crimson that at times it has a blueish cast - and the fragrance is beyond words. I had a little trouble with pale leaves this last year because of heavy clay soil, but a little chelated iron turned that around very quickly.
On Jun 5, 2004, Paulwhwest from Irving (Dallas area), TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
Bred in the United States. Won the following awards:
All-America Rose Selection in 1953
James Alexander Gamble Rose Fragrance Award in 1965
John Cook Medal in 1964
King of Show twice in 1999
Portland Gold Medal in 1951
Parentage:
Seed: Charlotte Armstrong
Pollen: Mirandy
This rose grows exceptionally well in the Northwest area of the US - specifically Washington St. It has endured several severely cold winters and has come back with a vengence. Last year during September, it was an award winning rose at our local fair. Beautiful scent, beautiful flower....a rose growers delight!
On May 11, 2004, gpowell from Siloam Springs, AR (Zone 6b) wrote:
My all time favorite rose. It has the best scent and it just grows and blooms. Very disease resistant. I never prune it and never spray it. Here in Texas it gets very hot but I hardly ever water it. It has very large red blooms on long stems and makes a great cut flower. My wife loves them. It is about 6 feet, but not very bushy.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Huntsville, Alabama Owens Cross Roads, Alabama Queen Creek, Arizona Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas Fallbrook, California Lancaster, California Long Beach, California Merced, California San Jose, California Altamonte Springs, Florida Fernandina Beach, Florida Norcross, Georgia Canton, Illinois Palmyra, Illinois Noblesville, Indiana Cumberland, Maryland Edgewater, Maryland Bay Springs, Mississippi Trenton, New Jersey Los Lunas, New Mexico Nineveh, New York Raleigh, North Carolina Hilliard, Ohio Lansdale, Pennsylvania Knoxville, Tennessee El Paso, Texas Georgetown, Texas Gilmer, Texas Haltom City, Texas Houston, Texas Lubbock, Texas Ransom Canyon, Texas Yorktown, Virginia Ellensburg, Washington Spokane, Washington Kenosha, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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