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Hybrid Tea Roses

• The All-America Rose Selection site calls hybrid teas the best bushes for long-stemmed cutting roses. The bushes grow tall, with blooms on long, single stems for harvesting and arranging. Blooms feature lush colors and scents, with high centers and pleasing forms.

Pink Cultivars

• Hybrid tea rosebushes grow in hundreds of cultivars, with many color choices. Popular pink cultivars include Bewitched, Bride, Color Magic, First Prize, Lady Like, Memorial Day, Miss All-American Beauty, Gemini, Elegant Lady and Perfume Delight. Many other cultivars feature white or cream mixed with light to dark pink.

Blooming Season

• Hybrid tea rosebushes grow from spring to fall and live for up to 20 to 30 years. They bear blooms in "flushes," or groups, and may bloom almost continually through the season. Hybrid tea rosebushes stop blooming when temperatures fall to 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and go dormant for the winter.

Blooming Conditions

• Hybrid tea rosebushes require the right set of conditions to grow and bloom successfully. Plant them in bright, full sunshine, with generous organic compost amendments for the soil. Add bone meal at the start of the season and use rose-specific granular or water-soluble fertilizer to encourage blooming. Cut wasted blooms from the bush and harvest fresh blooms when they open to encourage repeat blooming. Water roses with 2 inches of water every week, and lay 2 inches of mulch over the soil to keep it moist and temperate.