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'MEIvanthou' rose Description
'Magnum (florists rose, Meilland)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of CybeRose
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
4 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: MEIvanthou
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 1997).
Introduced in France by Meilland International (after 1997) in 1997 as 'Magnum'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Dark red.  None / no fragrance.  30 to 35 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, full (26-40 petals), high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, narrow.  Large, matte, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU3286P  on  30 Mar 2007
Application No: 2000/212  on  21 Jul 2000   VIEW PBR PATENT
Seed parent is ‘Keireb’. Pollen parent is unnamed seedling between ‘Hillred’ x‘Meigorman’.... Breeder: Alain Meilland, Le Luc en Provence, France
First sold in France in Nov 1997. First Australian sale December 2000.
 
European Union - Patent  on  1998
 
France - Patent  on  1997
Patent surrendered
 
South Africa - Application  on  1998
 
United States - Patent No: PP 16,493  on  2 May 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/851,100  on  24 May 2004
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
This is a Continuation of U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/306,206, filed Nov. 29, 2002, which is a Continuation of U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/276,714, filed Mar. 26, 1999 (now abandoned).
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) of the new variety was the `Keireb` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,369). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the `Hilred` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,964) and the `Meigormon` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,647). .... The rose plants of the new variety were two years of age and were observed during April while budded on Rosa indica understock and growing in greenhouses at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France
 
United States - Application No: 10/306,206  on  29 Nov 2002
 
United States - Application No: 09/276,714  on  26 Mar 1999
Application abandoned.
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