'My Garden' Rose

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'My Garden' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Maurice REYBAUD

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Alexandre Pouchkine®
• Father of Peace
• Frances Meilland
• Francis Meilland
• MEItroni
• Pretty Perfumella
• Pretty Woman ® (hybrid tea, Mouchotte/Meilland, 1996)
• Prince Jardinier ®
• Schloss Ippenburg

HMF Ratings:

124 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Francis Meilland

Origin:

Bred by Jacques Mouchotte (France, 1996).
Introduced in France by Meilland International (after 1997) in 2006 as 'Schloss Ippenburg'.
Introduced in Australia by Corporate Roses Pty. Ltd. in 2015.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

White. Strong, citrus, fruity, old rose fragrance. 37 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large buds.

Habit:

Medium. Large, glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 31" to 7' (80 to 215cm). Width: 2' (60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden or landscape. Flowers drop off cleanly. rain tolerant. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 19,970 on 28 Apr 2009 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/822,398 on 5 Jul 2007

Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the cross of the `Tanrowisa` variety (non-patented in the United States) and the `Meimalyna` variety (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the `Harkuly` variety (non-patented in the United States)....

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

seed:	Wimi × Rouge Meilland ® (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1982)
pollen:	Margaret Merril (Floribunda, Harkness, 1977)

Notes:

Source of breeding year: Jacques Mouchotte
http://www.newplantsandflowers.com/wp-content/uploads/Paper-about-Rosa-‘Meitroni’-Prince-Jardinier-Francis-Meilland-by-Jacques-Mouchotte.pdf

Meilland International has informed HMF that the right brand name in Australia is Francis MEILLAND® Father of Peace.

This rose has been photographed with buds and blooms in the Netherlands in February. Note the photographer's (Jay-Jay) notes