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'Romantic Meillandina' rose Description
Photo courtesy of JC Garden
HMF Ratings:
29 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
Bloom:
Fuchsia / magenta - pink. Mild fragrance. 85 to 95 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy. Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 18" to 2' (45 to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1991/127 on 10 Dec 1991 VIEW PBR PATENTSynonym: Candy Meillandina. Applicant: SNC Meillant et Cie. United States - Patent No: PP 7,621 on 20 Aug 1991 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 07/508,710 on 3 Apr 1990 Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The new variety of the present invention came into being as a spontaneous sport of the Meilarco variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,170) of unknown causation
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