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'Romantic Meillandina' rose Description
'Candy Sunblaze ™ (miniature, Meilland 1991)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of JC Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
29 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Deep pink Miniature.
Registration name: MEIdanclar
Exhibition name: Candy Sunblaze ™ (miniature, Meilland 1991)
Origin:
Discovered by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 1988).
Introduced in France by Meilland et Cie in 1988 as 'Candy Sunblaze'.
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1992 as 'Candy Sunblaze'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Fuchsia / magenta - pink.  Mild fragrance.  85 to 95 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy.  Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 18" to 2' (45 to 60cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer.  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.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1991/127  on  10 Dec 1991   VIEW PBR PATENT
Synonym: Candy Meillandina. Applicant: SNC Meillant et Cie.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 7,621  on  20 Aug 1991   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/508,710  on  3 Apr 1990
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The new variety of the present invention came into being as a spontaneous sport of the Meilarco variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,170) of unknown causation
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