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• Michelangelo
• The Painter

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Red blend Floribunda.
Registration name: MACtemaik
Exhibition name: Michelangelo (floribunda, McGredy, 1988)

Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1988).
Introduced in New Zealand by Egmont Roses in 1996 as 'Michelangelo'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by C & K Jones in circa 1999 as 'The Painter'.

Floribunda.  

Red, cream streaks, stripes, flecks, yellow streaks, stripes, flecks, orange streaks, stripes, flecks.  Mild fragrance.  25 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, in large clusters, high-centered to cupped, spiral centers bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Tall, bushy, upright.  Medium, matte, dark green foliage.  

Height: 47" to 5¼' (120 to 160cm).  

USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, exhibition or garden.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  

Michelangelo - Mactemaik. Nicknamed Te Maiki.

New Zealand - Patent No: 1239  on  6 Jun 1997
Application No: ROS533  on  7 Apr 1995

Artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in Capres, Italy, 6 March 1475. He died in Rome, Italy, 18 February 1564.

Apuldram's Roses say this rose has a striped flower of cream and orange that is similar but less vivid than 'Oranges 'n' Lemons'...