Family : Rosaceae
Class : Hybrid Tea
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Famous variety, created in France by Alain Meilland in 1992.
Corollas with 20-40 large pink petals, very perfumed.
Resistant to diseases.
Variety denomination : MEIzeli
Parentage :
Seed : ‘Nirvana’ × ‘Papa Meilland’
Pollen : ‘First Prize’
Awards :
1988 - Bagatelle (Paris) : Deuxième Prix
1988 - Bagatelle (Paris) : Rose la plus parfumée, Choix des enfants
1988 - Geneva Gold Medal
1988 - Le Roeulx Gold Medal
1988 - Monza Gold Medal
1989 - Lyon - Armand Zinsch Prestige de la Rose
1993 - Nantes Fragrance Award
1996 - New Zealand National Rose Trial Ground Winner
1999 - Albuquerque Rose Society : Court of Show / Honor
1999 - King of Show : Albuquerque Rose Society - San Fernando Valley Rose Society
1999 - Rosexpo Montreal : Best Pink Rose
2001 - Court of Show / Honor : Albuquerque Rose Society - Des Moines Rose Society
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