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'Smooth Meidiland ®' rose Description
'Smooth Meidiland ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Françoise Begasse de Dhaem
Availability:
Commercially available
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Medium pink Shrub.
Registration name: Meiklutz
Exhibition name: Fairy Meidiland ®
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2006).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2007.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Carmine-pink, deep pink .  None to mild fragrance.  10 to 16 petals.  Average diameter 0.75".  Small, semi-double (9-16 petals), in large clusters bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Small, long buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact, dense, rounded, spreading, well-branched.  Small, glossy, medium green, wavy or ruffled foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 28" to 35" (70 to 90cm).  Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden or ground cover.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  
Patents:
European Union - Patent No: 26655  on  8 Feb 2010
Application No: 2008/0360  on  2008
 
United States - Patent No: PP 19,760  on  24 Feb 2009   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/980,489  on  30 Oct 2007
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the cross of the `Noatraum` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,282) and an unnamed seedling (non-patented in the United States). The `Noatraum` variety is marketed under the FLOWER CARPET Pink Trademark. The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was `The Fairy` variety (non-patented in the United States).
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