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'Best Kept Secret' rose Description
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'Best Kept Secret' rose photo
Photo courtesy of bluebuster77
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
4 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Best Kept Secret
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2013).
Introduced in United States by Meilland-Star Roses Inc. in 2014 as 'Best Kept Secret'.
Class:
Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Light pink, deep pink edges.  Strong, citrus fragrance.  58 to 63 petals.  Average diameter 4.75".  Very large, very full (41+ petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Compact.  Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 40" to 4' (100 to 120cm).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 26,411  on  16 Feb 2016   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/121,067  on  28 Jul 2014
The parentage of the new variety can be summarized as follows: Unnamed Seedling.times.`Meifaissel`....The rose plants of the new variety were approximately one year of age and were observed during June while budded on Rosa laxa understock and growing outdoors at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France.
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