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    'Concerto' rose Description
    'Concerto (floribunda, Meilland, 1953)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Margaret Strathalbyn
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • MEcert
    • MECERT-531
    HMF Ratings:
    20 favorite votes.  
    ARS:
    Medium red Floribunda.
    Exhibition name: Concerto
    Origin:
    Bred by Francis Meilland (1912-1958) (France, 1953).
    Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1955 as 'Concerto'.
    Class:
    Floribunda, Hybrid Polyantha.  
    Bloom:
    Geranium-red.  Mild fragrance.  10 to 17 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, reflexed, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
    Habit:
    Bushy, upright.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
    Patents:
    Netherlands - Application No: 158
    Concerto, 158, Francis Meilland, Cap d'Antibes (A. M.), Boulevard du Cap (France).
     
    United States - Patent No: PP 1,244  on  19 Jan 1954   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Parentage:
    Alain × Floradora
    Notes:
    A different parentage is quoted in the 1955 reference.