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Photo courtesy of Johno
HMF Ratings:
68 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
Bloom:
Light pink, peach shading. [Light apricot and pink.] Strong fragrance. 66 to 71 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, double (17-25 petals), very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, button-eye, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy. Glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 31" to 39" (80 to 100cm).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 24,296 on 11 Mar 2014 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 13/507,651 on 17 Jul 2012 Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the ‘Meirestif’ variety (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the ‘Meicapinal’ variety (non-patented in the United States) and the ‘Ausmas’ variety (non-patented in the United States)....
The rose plants of the new variety were approximately two years of age and were observed during May while asexually reproduced from cuttings and growing outdoors on their own roots at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France.
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