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'Mona Lisa' rose Description
'Mona Lisa (climber, Malandrone 1955)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
HMF Ratings:
7 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Pink blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: Mona Lisa (climber, Malandrone 1955)
Exhibition name: Mona Lisa
Origin:
Bred by Michele Malandrone (Italy, before 1955).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1956 as 'Mona Lisa'.
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.  
Bloom:
Salmon-pink.  Flowers warm pink overcast cameo-pink.  Strong, sweet, tea fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, bushy, climbing.  Dark green, leathery foliage.  

Height: 8' to 10' (245 to 305cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower, ground cover or pillar.  Vigorous.  can be trained as a climber.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,459  on  13 Mar 1956   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 498,464  on  31 Mar 1955
Michele Malandrone, Oakland, Calif., assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.
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