Family : Rosaceae
Class : Climbing Rose, Floribunda
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Floribunda with 4-11 petals, pale pink with more intense nuances, created in France in 1960 by Marie-Louise Meilland.
Up to 3.5 m in height as a climber, but cultivable also as shrub.
Variety denomination : MEImont
Parentage :
Seed : ‘Fashion’
Pollen : (‘Independence’ × ‘Orange Triumph’) × ‘Phyllis Bide’
Awards :
1960 - Bagatelle (Paris) : Médaille d’Or
1998 - Climber : Bradenton-Sarasota Rose Society
1999 - Climber : Augusta Rose Society - Charleston Low Country Rose Society - Illinois/Indiana District - Marion County Rose Society - Northeastern Illinois Rose Society - Tenarky District
2000 - Climber : Cleveland County Rose Society - Greater Saginaw Rose Society- Mid-Hudson Rose Society - Pikes Peak Rose Society - Rowan Rose Society
2001 - Climber : ARS Fall National - Charlotte Rose Society - Combined Chicagoland Rose Society - Fox River Valley Rose Society - Gateway Rose Society - Golden Isles Rose Society - Milwaukee Rose Society - Patrick Henry Rose Society - Tampa Rose Society - Tenarky District
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