Family : Rosaceae
Class : Climbing Rose
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Created in France in 1987 by Marie-Louise Meilland, and known also as ‘Eden Rose ’88’.
Old style flowers, coloured cream with pink shades, with 55-60 petals, slightly perfumed.
Very resistant to diseases.
In 2006 has been inserted among the roses of the ’Hall of Fame’, the most presigious of all times.
Variety denomination : MEIviolin
Parentage :
Seed : ‘Danse des Sylphes’ × ‘Händel’
Pollen : ‘Pink Wonder, Cl.’
Awards :
2000 - Climber : Forest City Rose Society - Greater Gwinnett Rose Society - Rocky Mountain District
2001 - Climber : Syracuse Rose Society
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