hybrid perpetual

noun

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

Origin of hybrid perpetual

First recorded in 1840–50

You may be fairly sure of success in wintering well-chosen hybrid perpetual roses and the hybrid teas.
The Garden, You, and I | Mabel Osgood Wright
It must not be confounded with the hybrid perpetual of the same name.
The Book of Roses | Francis Parkman
It may have been the foundation of our hybrid perpetual Roses.
Old-Time Gardens | Alice Morse Earle
I have succeeded well with some of the hybrid perpetual roses.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 | Various

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