Star Roses and Plants award winning rose!
Here’s how they describe it…
Francis Meilland® is a tall Hybrid Tea rose with a very large bloom, good exhibition form and strong fragrance. It is a multiple award winner in Europe for disease resistance as well as aesthetics. It is one of the first Hybrid Tea roses to win the prestigious ADR contest in Germany. 2013 AARS winner.
This remarkable rose bears the name of a remarkable rose breeder, in honor of his 100th birthday — the legendary breeder of the Peace rose.
My friend, Chris, The Redneck Rosarian, says this rose grew to about 9ft in his garden last year. Wo…. I ordered two this year from Edmunds and they are planted in my new raised exhibition bed Mr. G built for me. I am so excited to see how they grow!
Tall, disease resistance, beautiful fragrance and beautiful form … I hope I have some ready June 15 to enter in the Indianapolis Rose Society’s Rose Show!! Fingers crossed.
Good luck with your new exhibition bed! I think ‘Francis Meiland’ will be a winner.
Thanks so much! We started making plans at our society meeting this week. Seeing the multi page booklet made me realize I have a LOT to learn!! A bit overwhelmed at this point! So excited for the temps to warms and see the roses start growing!! Happy spring!
I live in zone 6A will the Francis Meilland grow and thrive to 7 ft tall
I think so. Chris grows it in Zone 7/8 and it does beautifully! 🙂
Also, is there another rose like Francis Meilland with a different colour.
I have not heard of another one but will keep checking! There are many Kordes roses on the horizon that are beautiful and disease resistant. I’ll keep you posted.
Hi, I am a new gardener and decided to buy a Francis Meilland rose plant. It does not have any new blooms coming in. What should I do?
Trim down the blind shoots (canes that aren’t producing buds) and let it restart. The same thing happened to mine. Now the plant is sending up all kinds of new growth.
Thank you will try that.
Thanks again for you recommendations. I cut the blind shoots and just got my first rose! Love it!
That is so great! Enjoy! 🌹🌹