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'Marco Polo' rose Description
'Marco Polo (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1992)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• Australian Women’s Weekly Rose
• MEIpaleo
HMF Ratings:
31 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: MEIpaleo
Exhibition name: Marco Polo
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, circa 1988).
Introduced in France by Meilland et Cie in 1992 as 'Marco Polo'.
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1994 as 'Marco Polo'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Yellow.  Strong, pepper, spice fragrance.  26 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, full (26-40 petals), cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 28" to 4' (70 to 120cm).  Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 9,042  on  17 Jan 1995   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/215528  on  22 Mar 1994
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) of the new variety was the Meinuzeten variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,224). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was formed by the cross of the Sunbright variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,438) and the Anne-Lise Rothenberger variety (nonpatented in the United States).
Parentage:
seed: Ambassador (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1976)
pollen: Sunbright ® × Oregold
Notes:
At the age of 17, Venetian explorer Marco Polo was one of the first Europeans to visit China in 1271. His writings -- most notably Il milione, or as it is known in English, The Travels of Marco Polo -- inspired other people to travel there. Polo was born in Venice, Italy, in 1254. He died there 8 January 1324.