HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
DescriptionPhotosLineageAwardsReferencesMember RatingsMember CommentsMember JournalsCuttingsGardensBuy From 
'Mona Lisa ®' rose Description
HelpMeFind's future is in your hands - Please do not take this unique resource for granted.

Your support of HelpMeFind is urgently needed. HelpMeFind, like all websites, needs funding to survive. We have set a premium-membership yearly subscription amount as low as possible to make user-community funding viable.

We are grateful to the many members who have signed up so far, but the number of premium-membership members remains too small for us to sustain the current support and development level. If you value HelpMeFind and want to see it continue we need your support too.

Yearly membership is only $2.00 per month and adds a host of additional features, and numerous planned enhancements, to take full advantage of the power and convenience of HelpMeFind. Click here to start your premium membership..

We of course also welcome donations of any amount. Click here to make a donation. Donations of $24 or more receive a thank-you gift of a 1-year premium membership.

As far as we have come, we feel HelpMeFind is still in its infancy. With your support we have so much more to accomplish.
'Mona Lisa ® (Floribunda, Meilland, 2003)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Huyustus
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
41 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Dark red Floribunda.
Registration name: MEIlyxir
Exhibition name: Mona Lisa ®
Origin:
Bred by Michèle Meilland Richardier (France, before 2003).
Class:
Floribunda, Patio.  
Bloom:
Dark red to red.  Mild fragrance.  up to 82 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns.  Small, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: 20" to 32" (50 to 80cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  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.  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Parentage:
If you know the parentage of this rose, or other details, please contact us.
Notes:
No. 034 in the 2003 Monza Competition (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli.)

[Introduced 2008 in Japan as 'Sourire de Mona Lisa']
 
© 2024 HelpMeFind.com