'MEIkolyma' Rose

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'MEIkolyma' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Françoise Begasse de Dhaem

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Candy Love ®
• Caritas ® (hybrid tea, Meilland, 2006)
• Drakkar ®
• Pink Flamingo

HMF Ratings:

36 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink.
Exhibition name: Candy Love ®, Pink Flamingo (grandiflora, Meilland, 2006)

Origin:

Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2006).
Introduced in France by Meilland International (after 1997) in 2010 as 'Candy Love'.
Introduced in United States by Meilland-Star Roses Inc. in 2010 as 'Pink Flamingo'.

Class:

Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Salmon-pink. [Deep pink, salmon-pink shading.]. Moderate fragrance. 67 to 70 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Very large, very full (41+ petals), cupped, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 20" to 28" (50 to 70cm). Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).

Growing:

Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant, mildew resistant.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 22,764 on 5 Jun 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/805,329 on 26 Jul 2010

Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the ‘Macnon’ variety (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the ‘Meironsse’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,496) and the ‘Meipsilon’ variety (non-patented in the United States)....The description is based on the observation of one-year-old plants during October which were budded on Rosa laxa understock and growing outdoors at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France...Petal number: approximately 67 to 70 on average under normal growing conditions.

Parentage:

seed:	Shannon ®
pollen:	Christopher Columbus (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1992) × Yakimour

Notes:

MEIkolyma as introduced as Caritas is stated to have 16-22 petals, while the patent claims 67-70 petals.