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'Friendly ® Christine Meylan' rose Description
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'Friendly ® Sweet' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Huyustus
Availability:
Commercially available
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2020).
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light pink, yellow stamens, ages to white .  None / no fragrance.  5 to 7 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), in large clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small buds.  
Habit:
Bushy.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 31" to 41" (80 to 105cm).  Width: 31" to 39" (80 to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9a.  Can be used for ground cover.  
Patents:
European Union - Application No: 2021/2221  on  7 Sep 2021
 
United States - Patent No: PP 36,575  on  1 Apr 2025   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 17/888,797  on  16 Aug 2022
Inventor: Alain Antoine Meilland, Antibes (FR)
Assignee: The Conard Pyle Company, West Grove, PA (US)
...The female parent...of the new variety was an unnamed seedling (not patented) from the cross between the 'MEINORAL' variety (not patented) an an unnamed seedling (not patented). The male parent...was the 'MEIZMEA' variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20, 175)....The description ia based on the observation of one-year-old specimens...
Notes:
Awarded the ADR certificate in 2021
Christened as 'Christina Meylan' on June 26, 2021 at Nyon, Switzerland