Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Other: Quartered
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Pink blend
Extra Bloom Info: Medium, very full (135-140 petals), cupped and quartered, in small clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Large-flowered climber
Other: Romantica
Extra Color Info: Pink/beige blend
Growth Habit: Climber, typically 5-10 feet
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Alain Meilland, 1994
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: 10 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Colette'
  • 'MEIroupis'
  • 'Genevieve'
  • 'John Keats'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Long Beach, Ca.
Date: May
growing on an arbor zone 10A
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-04-19
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-05-22
Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Date: 2019-05-04
Uploaded by zuzu

Date: 2020-05-08
Location: My garden
Date: 2023-05-17

Cl. Colette

Date: 2021-03-31
Uploaded by Orsola
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Date: 2021-03-30
Uploaded by Orsola
Uploaded by Orsola
Location: my garden zone 7b NC, USA
Date: 2013-07-25

Date: 2004-06-02
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-06-29
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-16
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-05-11
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-06-03
Location: My friend's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-06-01
Humongous! Gorgeous !
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-27
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-27
Uploaded by Cottage_Rose
Uploaded by kassiap
Location: in my garden
Date: 2014-05-04
Uploaded by Orsola
Uploaded by Orsola
Uploaded by Orsola
Uploaded by zuzu

Date: 2015-05-15

Date: 2015-05-15

Date: 2015-05-15
Uploaded by kassiap

In Zuzu's garden

In Zuzu's garden, showing some peach coloring as well.

Date: 2015-05-21
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2014-05-09
Uploaded by Orsola
Uploaded by kassiap
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Uploaded by zuzu

In Zuzu's garden

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