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'MEIvahyn' rose Description
'Ice Meillandecor' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Henrique Rodrigues Vivián
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
57 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Shrub.
Registration name: MEIvahyn
Exhibition name: Ice Meidiland
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, 1996).
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
White or white blend.  None / no fragrance.  21 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters, flat to cupped, ruffled bloom form.  Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Small buds.  
Habit:
Short, spreading.  Glossy, medium green, dense foliage.  5 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 20" to 2' (50 to 60cm).  Width: 43" to 47" (110 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Can be used for container rose, garden, ground cover or landscape.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: 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 11,577  on  17 Oct 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/150169  on  9 Sep 1998
Notes:
There's a color photograph of this rose in the November 1998 issue of the American Rose Society's American Rose magazine (p. 24).