EIFFEL TOWER – pink hybrid tea rose – Armstrong & Swim
Exhibition performance, fragrance intensity and consistent flower form make Eiffel Tower a reliable choice where premium cut-rose style blooms are required from container or border production, with the bush-trained, 3–5-cane framework allowing predictable structuring into 5–7 L premium containers or onward field blocks for high-end retail and reseller channels; its upright, medium-foliaged habit gives clean presentation in nursery rows, while good heat tolerance supports scheduling for warmer South-East and similarly exposed regions with robust summer performance, and own-root propagation underpins long-term stability, renewable cropping capacity and homogeneous, low-replacement stands that fit UK nursery network workflows; as an award-winning heritage hybrid tea with rich mid-pink colour and very strongly scented, high-centred buds, it lends itself to thematic rose collections and show gardens, delivering the classic, high-value hybrid tea identity professional customers expect from exclusive finished product ranges.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 6 L Eiffel Tower feature bush – Upright, bush-trained own-root plants finished in 6 L containers, highlighting XL high-centred blooms and fragrance for use as exclusive specimen or border focal points – retail / reseller.
- “Exhibition Pink” collector series pot – Curated 5–7 L container SKU built around Eiffel Tower’s award-winning hybrid tea identity and mid-pink colour, positioned as part of a named exhibition collection – specialist rose retailers.
- Fragrant Patio Showcase – Strongly scented Eiffel Tower in premium containers for patios and terraces, using its remontant flowering and clean upright habit as a fragrance-led, high-value feature – garden-centre chains.
- Project-grade hybrid tea unit – Uniform, own-root, bush-trained plants supplied in 5–7 L pots for borders and specimen roles in public or institutional schemes, focused on structural habit and colour impact – public-realm suppliers.
- Cut-rose style garden line – Range concept built on Eiffel Tower’s solitary, high-centred flowers and stem length, finished in premium containers and marketed as a garden cut-flower hybrid tea – integrator systems.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Eiffel Tower is a hybrid tea rose with the registered cultivar and American Rose Society exhibition name ‘Eiffel Tower’, traded as Eiffel Tower hybrid tea rose Eiffel Tower since its 1963 introduction. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by David L. Armstrong and Herbert C. Swim at Armstrong Nurseries, California, USA, from ‘First Love’ × (‘Charlotte Armstrong’ × ‘Signora’), introduced and registered in 1963 under US Plant Patent PP 2332. |
| Awards and recognition |
Recognised with Gold Medals at the 1963 Geneva and Rome International Rose Competitions and a Certificate of Merit at the Madrid Rose Competition the same year, confirming its historical exhibition and show value. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Forms a 150–190 cm upright bush with 100–140 cm spread, slightly thorny shoots and moderately dense, dark green, slightly glossy foliage, delivering a tall, structured hybrid tea habit suited to feature and border planting. |
| Flower morphology |
Produces XL, double, high-centred solitary blooms with 26–39 petals in classic cut-rose style, on upright stems; the variety is remontant, with a notably abundant second flush supporting extended display and cutting potential. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Mid-pink blooms (ARS mp; RHS 65C outer, 65A inner) open uniform and rich, then fade gradually to a light pearly pink with a silvery sheen, maintaining clean ornamental value through most of the flowering phase. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Very strongly scented hybrid tea, with a sweet, classic rose aroma that can fill surrounding garden areas, making it particularly suitable where fragrance is a key selection criterion alongside flower form and colour. |
| Hip characteristics |
Expected to set few hips; those produced are spherical, around 13–17 mm in diameter and orange-red, generally secondary to the primary ornamental value of the flowers in most production and display contexts. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated to approximately -21 to -18 °C (RHS H7, Swedish Zon 3, USDA 6b), with disease performance described as moderate overall, showing resistance to black spot but only moderate responses to powdery mildew and rust. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended as a border, specimen, container and cut-flower garden rose; medium maintenance, occasionally requiring pest and disease control, best presented as a premium container product from bush-trained plants with 3–5 strong canes. |
Eiffel Tower offers award-backed flower form, strong fragrance and upright structure on a predictable own-root base, making it a dependable choice for exclusive hybrid tea programmes where we can jointly plan volumes and timing.
