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'Mona Lisa' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley
ARS:
Pink blend Large-Flowered Climber. Registration name: Mona Lisa (climber, Malandrone 1955) Exhibition name: 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 PATENTApplication No: 498,464 on 31 Mar 1955 Michele Malandrone, Oakland, Calif., assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.
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