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• The hybrid tea rose has a traditional rose shape, long stems and fragrant blossoms. They are the most easily recognizable rose. They were the first rose developed from deliberate cross breeding among several different rose bushes.
  
  

Starting Hybrid Tea Roses

• Like all rose bushes, hybrid tea roses start as small rose bushes that have been grafted or cut from established rose bushes. They can be planted as closely as 3 to 4 feet from each other in warm areas, to grow in a close-knit hedge.
  
  

Caring for Hybrid Tea Roses

• Hybrid tea roses require close pruning, winter protection and good, balanced nutrition throughout their life cycle. If they're given this care, they are a very successful breed of rose.
  
  

Mature Hybrid Tea Roses

• Hybrid tea roses, once mature, can reach anywhere from 3 to 5 feet in height. They grow taller in warmer climates. Hybrid tea rose bushes almost always live for more than 25 years, and can last for anywhere up to 40 years.
  
  

Variations

• Hybrid tea roses bloom in a wide variety of colors, including red, pink, purple and even blue.