Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Marie-Louise (Louisette) Meilland, before 1965
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: (Alain x Mutabilis) X (Radar x Caprice)
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Tamango'
  • 'MEIdanu'

Common names
  • Rose

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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Feb 10, 2014 2:28 PM concerning plant:
    A difficult to find and quite pretty red floribunda. I grow mine in my front yard bed I call Floribundaville. I do spray with a systemic fungicide to keep mine disease-free here in my humid hot summers.

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