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• Drottning Silvia
• Jardins de Bagatelle®
• MEImafris
• Queen Silvia
• Sarah (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1986)

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White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: MEImafris
Exhibition name: Jardins de Bagatelle®

Bred by Marie-Louise (Louisette) Meilland (Paolino) (1920-1987) (France, before 1986).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1989.

Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.  

Cream, pink edges.  Strong fragrance.  65 petals.  Average diameter 4.75".  Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Medium, long buds.  

Bushy, compact, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, dense, leathery foliage.  

Height: 2' to 47" (60 to 120cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 11.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.  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) .  

United States - Patent No: PP 7,278  on  24 Jul 1990   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application  on  9 Mar 1989

Sweden's Queen Silvia was born on 23 December 1943.

As 'Jardins de Bagatelle®' this rose is named for Paris' renowned Bagatelle Gardens.

Garden writer, Karl Heinz Hanisch lived from 1915 to 1997.