'MEIponal' Rose

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'MEIponal' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Sunblaze (miniature, Meilland 1986)
• Sunny Meillandina ®
• Sunny Sunblaze

HMF Ratings:

16 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange blend Miniature.
Registration name: MEIponal
Exhibition name: Sunny Meillandina ®

Origin:

Bred by Marie-Louise (Louisette) Meilland (Paolino) (1920-1987) (France, before 1985).
Introduced in France by Meilland et Cie in 1985 as 'Sunny Meillandina'.

Class:

Miniature.

Bloom:

Orange blend. None / no fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Growing:

USDA zone 5b 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. Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1990/016 on 31 Jan 1990 VIEW PBR PATENT

Synonym: Sunny Meillandina. Applicant: SNC Meilland et Cie.

United States - Patent No: PP 6,810 on 23 May 1989 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/145,394 on 19 Jan 1988

Parentage:

seed:	Sarabande × Moulin Rouge ® (floribunda, Meilland, 1951)
pollen:	Zambra ® × MEIkim

Notes:

Modern Roses 10says that a synonym for this rose and Orange Meillandina is 'Sunblaze'.