Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Other: Romantica
Growth Habit: Can be trained as climber, 3-9 feet tall
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Alain Meilland, 1995
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3-9 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Guy de Maupassant'
  • 'MEIsocrat'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-05-27
Location:  Hershey Gardens, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-09-16
Location: Seattle WA
Date: 2015-08-15
Cut Blooms, with apple fragrance
Location:  Hershey Gardens, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-09-16
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2009-08-04
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At Regans nursery

At Regans nursery
Uploaded by zuzu

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