Artek, hybrid tea

Blooms are velvety, dark garnet red with a blackish tint, usually solitary, occasionally 2–3 per peduncle. Flowers are goblet-shaped, double, with about 30–42 petals, strongly fragrant, 8–9.5 cm in diameter. In strong sun, the flower color may show a bluish tone. In Crimea, flowering begins in mid to late June and continues until frost. Hips are formed reliably. Flower stalks are long and relatively weak. Bush height is 70–100 cm. There is slight susceptibility to powdery mildew in August. Winter hardiness is similar to that of Hybrid Tea roses.

The cultivar ‘Artek’ (synonym: ‘Артек’) is a Hybrid Tea / Tea rose with dark red to red-blend blooms showing black shading. It flowers in flushes throughout the season and is suitable for group plantings, solitary lawn specimens, bush culture, and for cut flowers. It can be grown in USDA zone 6b and warmer. The variety was bred in the former USSR by Nikolai Danilovich Kosteckij in 1939 from the cross ‘Hortulanus Budde’ × ‘Ville de Paris’.