''Rosa'' Papa Meilland is a
cultivar
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of
hybrid tea rose
A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...
, bred by
Alain Meilland in
France
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in 1963.
Description
Flowers of dark velvety crimson open from pointed, almost black, buds. The blossoms are large and high-centered, with 35 petals, and are borne mostly singly on strong stems. They have a rich scent. Flowering is very sustained over the summer to early autumn.
The foliage is glossy and bright green.
It is a vigorous rose, but not as disease-resistant as it once was.
In the bush form it is high, and it also exists in climbing form (developed by the nursery rosarian Louis Dima in
Doué-la-Fontaine
Doué-la-Fontaine () is a former Communes of France, commune in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department in western France. On 30 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Doué-en-Anjou. It is located in the heart of Duchy of ...
, the French capital of roses ).
Ancestry
This cultivar is the result of the breeding 'Chrysler Imperial' x 'Charles Mallerin',
['Roses and gardens', Marie-Thérèse Haudebourg, Hachette, Paris, 2005 , P. 133.] both highly scented, velvety, rich-red roses.
It was the first cultivar of roses officially registered in France, under the name of "Meicesar". Alain Meilland named the rose in honor of his grandfather, rosarian,
Antoine Meilland.
Distinctions
*
Rose Hall of Fame
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, 1988,
* Gold medal in Baden-Baden, 1962.
References
Papa Meilland
1963 introductions
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