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• Rose Anil
• Viranil

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Mauve or mauve blend Grandiflora.
Registration name: Viranil
Exhibition name: Twilight Secret ™

Bred by M.S. Viraraghavan (India, 2005).

Floribunda, Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.  

Mauve or purple blend.  None to mild fragrance.  26 to 40 petals.  Large, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden or landscape.  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.  

This purple rose flowered for the first time a few months after a good friend Mr. Anil Kumar succumbed to an illness. He, and we, and a few other friends started a rose society in Hyderabad (capital of Andhra Pradesh State, where Viru was working till 1979) and he always loved the color purple. So, with pain in our hearts, we named this variety ‘Rose Anil’. Over the years, we remember him at different times but definitely every time this plant blooms, and as it is continuous blooming, we are happy to be reminded of our good friend so often.
When it came to the time for being registered we felt that ‘Rose Anil’ would have associations for only those in the rose world in India, and another name had better be thought up. The dusky shades of purple, lilac and magenta this rose displays reminded us of twilight time, and that is the best time to exchange whispered secrets is it not? So we came up with ‘Twilight Secret’.