Family : Rosaceae
Class : Hybrid Tea
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Known also as ‘Portrait’, it is a Hybrid Tea created by C. Meyer in USA in 1971 and dedicated to H.S.H. Princess Stéphanie de Monaco.
Large, double flower, very perfumed.
It descends from the celebrated ‘Peace’, created by Meilland in 1942, and its breeder is a talented amateur who won the All-American Rose Selection prize.
Variety denomination : MEYpink
Parentage :
‘Pink Parfait’ × ‘Pink Peace’
Awards :
1972 – All-America Rose Selection
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