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'RUImeva' rose Description
'Madelon' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Dianne's Southwest Idaho Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
11 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: RUImeva
Exhibition name: Madelon
Origin:
Bred by Gijsbert De Ruiter (Netherlands, 1977).
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 1981 as 'Madelon'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Fryer's Roses/Fryer's Nurseries Ltd. in 1981 as 'Madelon'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Orange or orange-red.  Mild, tea fragrance.  20 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, very double, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Upright, well-branched.  Large, glossy, medium green, leathery foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 5,820  on  9 Dec 1986   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 06/69,2503  on  18 Jan 1985
Inventor: Gijsbert DeRuiter (Hazerwoude, NL). Assignee: Carlton Rose Nurseries (Carlton, OR)... A new Hybrid Tea that provides abundant long lasting orange (orange-red) blooms, which maintain their true color from bud through leaf petal, on a continuous basis in a greenhouse... Parentage: Varlon x MEIgerion... The crossing was made during July 1977, the sowing during March 1978, and the first flower appeared during July 1978...
Notes:
Pollen parent is variety 'MEIgerion according to the US patent, 'MEIgenon' according to "Modern Roses" (both unknown)