'Monica Bellucci®' Rose

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'Monica Bellucci®' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Anis Perfumella
• MEImonkeur
• Show Off ™
• ShowOff ™

HMF Ratings:

26 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Registration name: Monica Bellucci®

Origin:

Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2010).
Introduced in France by Meilland International (after 1997) in 2010.
Introduced in Australia by Corporate Roses Pty. Ltd. in 2021 as 'Show Off'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Carmine-pink, butter-yellow reverse. Strong, anise, clove, pepper fragrance. 50 to 55 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long buds.

Habit:

Bushy. Large, glossy, medium green, dense foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: up to 32" (up to 80cm).

Growing:

Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 23,254 on 18 Dec 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/137,452 on 17 Aug 2011

Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the cross of the ‘Meipierar’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,622) and ‘Meivildo’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,895). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the ‘Meicapula’ variety (non-patented in the United States) and the ‘Meinuzeten’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,224)...The rose plants of the new variety were approximately 1-½ years of age and were observed during June while budded on Rosa laxa understock and growing outdoors at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France.

Parentage:

seed:	Caroline de Monaco ® × Yves Piaget ®
pollen:	Fiorella (grandiflora, Meilland, 1980) × Ambassador (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1976)

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