Family : Rosaceae
Class : Floribunda
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Created by Marie-Louise Meilland in France in 1983, and known also as ‘Pigalle’.
The pollen used for hybridization comes from repeated cross-breeding with Hybrid Teas, and it is perhaps for this reason that it often bears lone flowers.
Large corollas with red-orange shades, without perfume.
Variety denomination : MEIcloux
Parentage :
Seed : ‘Frenzy’
Pollen : (‘Zambra’ × ‘Suspense’) × ‘King’s Ransom’
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