절화장미 "레드참" 품종은 전라남도농업기술원에서 육성한 적색 스탠다드 품종으로 수세가 강하고 동계생산성이 높은 적색 "First Red"를 모본으로, 적색이며 화형이 예쁜 "Cardinal" 를 부본으로 하여 2003년에 인공교배하였다. 화형과 화색이 예쁘고 수량성이 우수하며 가시가 적은 1계통을 최종 선발하였다. 2007년부터 2008년까지 3회에 거쳐 특성 및 생산력검정을 실시하여 스탠다드 대형계 품종으로 화색이 적색이며 가시가 적고 흰가루병에 강한
A new standard rose cultivar "Red Charm" was bred from the cross between deep red standard cultivar "First Red" and light red standard cultivar "Cardinal" at the Jeollanamdo Agricultural Research and Extention Services (JARES). The cross was made in 2003 and, "Red Charm" was finally selected in 2008 after investigating characteristics for three times from 2007 to 2008. "Red Charm", a red standard cultivar has good flower shape and velvet flower color. The major characteristics of this cultivar are on average 119.3 stems/m2/year in yield, 69.5 cm in length of cut flower, 10.3 cm in flower diameter, 36.9 in petal number, and 9.8 days in vase life. This cultivar can be propagated by both cutting and grafting. The consumer's preference of this cultivar, "Red Charm" is relatively higher than that of control cultivar, "Red Velvet".