BLACK VELVET

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Black Velvet
Bred by Dr. Dennison H. Morey (United States, 1960).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. as ‘Black Velvet’.
Introduced in Australia by Roy H. Rumsey Pty. Ltd. in 1964 as ‘Black Velvet’.
Hybrid Tea.
Dark red. Strong fragrance. 28 petals. Average diameter 5.5″. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
United States – Patent No: PP 2,182 on 9 Oct 1962 VIEW USPTO PATENT
New Yorker × Happiness (Hybrid Tea. Meilland. 1949)