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'Leonardo da Vinci ®' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Eva Trifon
HMF Ratings:
119 favorite votes. Average rating:
GOOD+.
ARS:
Light pink Floribunda. Registration name: MEIdeauri
Class:
Floribunda. (Series: Romantica ™)
Bloom:
Light pink. Flowers bengal pink. Mild, tea fragrance. 75 to 80 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Very large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form. Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. Medium, glossy, dark green, dense, leathery foliage.
Height: 28" to 5' (70 to 150cm). Width: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer. Can be used for cut flower, garden or landscape. Rain tolerant. 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.
Patents:
Australia - Patent on Nov 1997 Application No: 1997/083 on 1997 VIEW PBR PATENT United States - Patent No: PP 9,980 on 29 Jul 1997 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 08/663,737 on 14 Jun 1996
Notes:
Wayside Gardens says Leonardo da Vinci has bengal-pink old-fashioned blooms...
There's a color photograph of this rose in the November 1998 issue of the American Rose Society's American Rose magazine (p. 25).
Artist Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, Republic of Florence (now Italy), in 1452. He died 2 May 1519.
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