PLANTS FOR USE ON THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COASTAL PLAIN : Page 1063
A section of the Hybrid Perpetual group crossed back uponthe tea-scented China rose. They have a lighter green and lesswrinkled foliage than the pure Hybrid Perpetual. They are generallyless hardy but more continuous in bloom than Hybrid Perpetuals,sometimes blooming from June until frost.
Or Hybrid Remontant roses have a stiff upright growth, dull wrinkledfoliage, and large flat flowers generally of dark colours. They embracegenerally the characteristics of the Provence, Damask, French, andChinese groups. They mostly have only one season of bloom, in June,but sometimes give scattered bloom later on in the season.