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'Bingo Meidiland' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Stan V (Bearrose54)
HMF Ratings:
51 favorite votes. Average rating:
GOOD+.
Bloom:
Pink blend, white center. None / no fragrance. 5 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Bushy. Medium, glossy, medium green foliage.
Height: 28" to 3' (70 to 90cm). Width: 39" to 5' (100 to 150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b. Can be used for beds and borders, garden, ground cover or landscape. Hardy. vigorous. produces decorative hips. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 8,841 on 19 Jul 1994 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication on 10 Sep 1993
Notes:
[From Sixth Annual Goulding Memorial Lecture, Newsletter of the Societe des roses du Quebec Rose Society, December 2000 / February 2001, p. 13-15:] Jacques Mouchotte, Research Director, Meilland Group... In 1978, M. Mouchotte was promoted in charge of Meilland's Hybrid Tea, Floribunda and Climbing rose breeding programs. Some of his better known varieties are 'Bonica', 'Debut', 'Carefree Wonder', and 'Carefree Delight'. His more recent achievement has been hybridizing the beautiful Romantica Series of roses which is receiving world-wide acclaim.
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