hybrid perpetual

American  

noun

1. a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.

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Etymology

Origin of hybrid perpetual

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The next day good stout cuttings were taken of all the roses, both tea and hybrid perpetual, which it was desired to add to the stock.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various

I have succeeded well with some of the hybrid perpetual roses.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

You may be fairly sure of success in wintering well-chosen hybrid perpetual roses and the hybrid teas.

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood

One of the most fragrant, hardy, and altogether satisfactory of hybrid perpetual roses.

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood

In 1900 the famous house of Pernet-Ducher, of Lyons, succeeded in developing a new race of roses, which they named Rosa Pernetiana, by crossing the Persian Yellow with Antoine Ducher, a hybrid perpetual.

From Roses and Rose Growing by Kingsley, Rose Georgina