'Red Carefree Delight' Rose

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'Red Carefree Delight' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Carefree Spirit
• MEIzmea

HMF Ratings:

27 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Medium red.

Origin:

Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, 2007). Bred by Jacques Mouchotte (France, 2007).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2009 as 'Carefree Spirit'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Red, white center. Deep Cherry Red with white eye, with white reverse suffused with deep cherry pink. Finishes deep pink in heat. None to mild fragrance. 5 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Medium, bushy, mounded. Glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: up to 5' (up to 150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9b. Can be used for beds and borders, garden or landscape. Very hardy. very vigorous.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 20,175 on 7 Jul 2009 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/213,555 on 20 Jun 2008

Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the cross of the `Kormax` variety (non-patented in the United States) and an unnamed seedling (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the `Meipoque` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,956) and the `Korimro` variety (non-patented in the United States).

Ploidy:

Triploid

Parentage:

seed:	Red Max Graf × Unnamed Seedling
pollen:	Pink Meidiland ® × Immensee (shrub, Kordes 1982)

Notes:

Chromosome count by David Zlesak. July 17 2009. Different ploidy stated in 2023 reference.