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'Alpha Meidiland' rose Description
'Carefree Marvel ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Michael Garhart
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
34 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Deep pink Shrub.
Registration name: MEIrameca
Exhibition name: Carefree Marvel ™
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, 1992).
Introduced in France by URS (Universal Rose Selection)-Meilland in 2000 as 'Anadia'.
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2003 as 'Carefree Marvel'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Deep pink, blush shading.  None / no fragrance.  24 to 28 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, very double, in large clusters, flat bloom form.  Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, spreading.  Small, glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).  Width: 47" to 4¼' (120 to 130cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5a through 8b.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden, ground cover or landscape.  Very hardy.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU4430P  on  27 Jun 2012
Application No: 2003/074  on  10 Apr 2003   VIEW PBR PATENT
‘Noatraum’ x (Meibonrib’ x Korimo) in 1992....Breeder: Alain Meilland, France.
 
Canada - Patent No: 2670  on  23 Jan 2007
Application No: 03-3646  on  6 May 2003
Breeder: Alain Meilland, Meilland International, Le Luc en Provence, France
'Meirameca' resulted from a breeding program whose goal was to develop improved landscape shrub roses. It originated from crossing the female parent, variety 'Noatraum', with an unnamed male parent whose parentage is 'Meibonrib' x 'Korimo'. The cross was performed at Selection Meilland in Le Cannet des Maures, Le Luc en Provence, France in June of 1994. '
 
United States - Patent No: PP 16,030  on  11 Oct 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/405,634  on  3 Apr 2003
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) of the new variety was the `Noatraum` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,282). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was the product of the cross between the `Meibonrib` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,469) and the `Korimo` variety (non-patented in the United States). The `Noatraum` parent variety sometimes is known as the `Flower Carpet` variety.
Ploidy:
Triploid
Notes: