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'Madelon' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Michel
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea. Registration name: RUImevaExhibition name: Madelon
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Orange or orange-red. Mild, tea fragrance. 20 to 30 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, very double, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Upright, well-branched. Large, glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b 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:
United States - Patent No: PP 5,820 on 9 Dec 1986 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 06/69,2503 on 18 Jan 1985 Inventor: Gijsbert DeRuiter (Hazerwoude, NL). Assignee: Carlton Rose Nurseries (Carlton, OR)... A new Hybrid Tea that provides abundant long lasting orange (orange-red) blooms, which maintain their true color from bud through leaf petal, on a continuous basis in a greenhouse... Parentage: Varlon x MEIgerion... The crossing was made during July 1977, the sowing during March 1978, and the first flower appeared during July 1978...
Notes:
Pollen parent is variety 'MEIgerion according to the US patent, 'MEIgenon' according to "Modern Roses" (both unknown)
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