'Fire Meidiland ™' Rose

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'Fire Meidiland ™' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of ParisRoseLady

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Meidiland Fire
• MEIpsidue
• MEIupside

HMF Ratings:

30 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Shrub.
Exhibition name: Fire Meidiland ™

Origin:

Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, 1998).

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Dark red. None / no fragrance. 30 petals. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters, cupped bloom form. Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Small buds.

Habit:

Short, bushy, spreading. Medium, glossy, medium green, dense foliage.

Height: 16" (40cm). Width: 39" (100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b. Can be used for container rose, cut flower, garden, ground cover or landscape. Hardy. vigorous. produces decorative hips. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 11,583 on 17 Oct 2000 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/150,065 on 9 Sep 1998

Alain Meilland, inventor

Parentage:

seed:	Rote Max Graf × Fiona ® (shrub, Meilland, 1979)
pollen:	Red Meidiland

Notes:

There's a color photograph of this rose in the November 1998 issue of the American Rose Society's American Rose magazine (p. 23).

Source: Meidiland Fire