Family : Rosaceae
Class : Floribunda
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Created in France in 1978 by Marie-Louise Meilland.
Clusters of semi-double flowers, with 15 bright vermillion petals, slightly perfumed.
Enormous commercial success as a landscape rose.
Variety denomination : MEIgekanu
Parentage :
Seed : (MEIbrim × ‘Jolie Madame’) × (‘Zambra’ × ‘Zambra’)
Pollen : (‘Tropicana’ × ‘Tropicana’) × (‘Poppy Flash’ × ‘Rusticana’)
Awards :
1979 - Anerkannte Deutsche Rose (Germany)
1980 - Association des Journalistes du Jardin et de l’Horticulture : Prix de la Rose
1986 - Bagatelle (Paris) deuxième Prix
1999 - Floribunda Spray : St. Vrain Rose Society
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