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'Red Success' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Pongracz
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea. Registration name: MEIrodium
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Red. Mild fragrance. 35 to 45 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Height: 4¾' to 5'5" (145 to 165cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 4,037 on 5 Apr 1977 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 658710 on 17 Feb 1976 Rose plant -- Meirodium variety
Marie-Louis [sic] Paolino (widow of Francis Meilland), Antibes, France
... A rose plant of the Hybrid Tea Class, with double flowers which are blood red on the inside and cardinal red on the outside... Parentage: (TANorstar x MEIalto) x [(MEIbrem x MEIalfi) x TANorstar]... especially [well-suited] for the production of cut flowers under glass... the length of the flowering stems to be cut can be said to be between 60 and 80 cms. (total: 1m 45/1m 65)... Diameter of flower: 10/12 cms. on an average... Fragrance: very light... Petal No.: 40/45 on an average... Resistance to diseases: Good...
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