Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea
roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous hybrid
perpetuals with the tall, elegant tea roses. The hybrid tea is the oldest class of modern garden roses.
Hybrid tea flowers are well-formed with large, high-centered buds, supported by long, straight and upright stems.
Hybrid teas are the largest and most popular group of rose, due to their elegant form and large
variety of colors.