Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Russet
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Dark brick-red, with cream-yellow reverse
Growth Habit: Tall, typically 4-6 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Alain Meilland, before 2008

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: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Russet
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: (Madame A. Meilland x Yakimour) X Epidor

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Garden Director Bartje Miller'
  • 'MEIrysett'
  • 'Dark Night'
  • 'Eddy Mitchell'
  • 'Dark Knight'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2016-04-24

Date: 2016-04-25
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2014-04-19
Photo by zuzu
Location: Cisco, Tx (between Dallas and Abilene)
Location: World Peace Rose Garden, Capitol Park, Sacramento CA. 
Date: 2022-03-22
First blooms of this season are the loveliest.
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2017-05-01
digital camera
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-09-26
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2016-08-15
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 5/7/15
Taken with full overcast in the evening.
Photo by zuzu
Location: At Regan's Nursery
Date: 2014-05-08

Beautiful even when it's suffering from the heat
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2016-06-28
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2014-04-19
Location: At Regan's Nursery
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-16
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2013-04-23
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2013-04-23
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Dec 20, 2019 1:35 AM concerning plant:
    Exciting, dramatic, and even flamboyant! Lustrous foliage, so glossy that it looks polished, encircles high-centered blooms of dark red, almost black, with a copper reverse. The blooms age to a russet-brick color that is equally striking. This hybrid tea does not have the typical upright and narrow habit of a hybrid tea in my garden. Its strong branches spread out, creating a bush that's 5-6 feet tall and 5-6 feet wide. This stunning rose does have one shortcoming: It has almost no heat resistance. During the hottest days of summer, some buds refuse to open, while the petals of the open blooms flatten out and lose their definition.
  • Posted by Gesalali on Dec 1, 2018 5:54 PM concerning plant:
    I have been in search of a "true" purple rose! What is the name of this rose and is it fragrant? I have a light lavender and light magenta ( starts out as a red bud then opens as slightly purplish) both very fragrant -in my garden. Would love to have this rose to add if fragrant.

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