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'MEIviowit' rose Description
'Palais Royal ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of pandore
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
116 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: MEIviowit
Origin:
Discovered by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, 1999).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2004.
Introduced in Australia by Corporate Roses Pty. Ltd. in 2009 as 'Blushing Pierre de Ronsard'.
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.   (Series: Romantica ™)  
Bloom:
White.  None to mild fragrance.  103 to 105 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Tall, climbing, spreading.  Large, semi-glossy, medium green, dense foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 5¾' to 6¼' (175 to 190cm).  Width: 5' to 5'10" (150 to 180cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower, garden or pillar.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 16,739  on  27 Jun 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/998,820  on  30 Nov 2004
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The new variety of shrub rose plant was discovered at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France during July, 1999 while growing in a nursery setting among plants of the `Meiviolin` variety
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