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'MEIrecrom' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kang Mei's Rose Garden
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Orange blend. Average diameter 5.5". Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Height: 35" to 39" (90 to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer. 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:
European Union - Application No: 97/1155 on 20 Oct 1997 Applicant: Meilland Star Rose. Breeder: Meilland, Alain Antoine. United States - Patent No: PP 11,731 on 2 Jan 2001 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication on 15 Dec 1998
Notes:
Carlton Rose Nursery says this rose is a light peach and apricot bi-color... On their website, Meilland lists 'Puy du Fou' var. MEIrecrom (Selection Meilland 2001) - Orange tangerine.
EXOTICA’ (hybrid tea/ florist rose, Alain Meilland, 1997) (MEIrecrom) = ‘PONCHO ARGENTINO’, named this way in the "Argentine National Flower Festival" that took place in Escobar, in 2003 (organized by Telmo Hisaki); since the colours of this rose reminds the bright colours of our “poncho”, a very typical clothing widely used by our “gauchos”, designed to keep the body warm, especially in Northern Argentina.
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