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'MEIkokan' rose Description
Photo courtesy of tashu
HMF Ratings:
61 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Orange blend Floribunda. Registration name: MEIkokan Exhibition name: Jean Cocteau ®
Bloom:
Orange-pink, ages to lighter . Copper and Ochre finishing lighter. None to mild fragrance. 25 to 27 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, very double, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, ruffled, scalloped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Bushy. Glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 4½' (135cm). Width: 4' (120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Heat tolerant. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,271 on 7 Sep 2010 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/585,551 on 17 Sep 2009 Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the `Macivy` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,362). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the `Meigekanu` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,384) and the `Delge` variety (non-patented in the United States.
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