Hybrid Tea, Red/Purple or Red/Black
Flowers: Double, High Centered, Exhibition Form, Large, 35 Petals, Exceptionally Fragrant
Flowering Habit:
Blooming Season: Repeat
Height: 3.5 feet x , Habit: Upright
Foliage: Leathery, Shiny Leathery Shiny Olive
Buds: Pointed, Black Pointed
Hips:
Stems:
Thorns:
Cultivation: Good for Cutting , Needs Sun , Vigorous
Strengths:
Weaknesses: Blackspot & Mildew
Hardiness: In general, Hybrid Tea roses are hardy to Zone 6 with winter protection, some are more tender and a few are hardy as far as Zone 4 with protection.
FranceHybridizer: A Meilland - Introducer: MEI- Meilland (Antibes, FR) 1963
Patent:
Parentage: Chrysler Imperial x Charles Mallerin
ARS Colour: dr Dark Red ARS Rating: 7.3
Awards: ARS JAG Fragrance Gold Medal(s) WFRS
Also known as: MEIsar, MEIcesar
Averages of Responses from EveryRose.com visitors:
Garden Rating Average: 7.3 / 10
Fragrance Rating Average: 2.9 / 3
Cut Flower Rating Average: 7.9 / 10
Exhibition Rating Average: 8.0 / 10
Comments:
After 3 tentative years, my Papa Meilland's... (Joan, Bay Area, California)
The Papa of our rose garden! It's... (Cliff O.and Ramona R.,Palm Springs,CA USA)
In a warm climate, both the bush... (Dianne C, Sydney, Australia)
One of the most beautiful roses in... (C. Dawson, WA)
Grows exceptionally well in somewhat sheltered garden..(Jan,Roodepoort S Africa)