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Hybrid Tea, Yellow-pink blend
Flowers: High Centered Cupped Double, Huge, 40 Petals ,
Slight fragrance : Fruity
Late flowering. Do not prune hard
Height: 4.5 feet
Habit: Bushy
Foliage: Large, Shiny Dark Green
Cultivation: Vigorous Blackspot
Introduced: France: F. Meilland: MEI- Meilland (Antibes, FR) 1945
Parentage: ((George Dickson x Souvenir de Claudius Pernet) x (Joanna Hill x Charles P Kilham)) x Margaret McGredy
ARS Colour: yb Yellow Blend
ARS rating: 8.6
Awards: All-American RS Gold Medal(s) ARS Natn'l GM RNRS WFRS
Also known as: Mme. A. Meilland, Gloria Dei, Gioia, Beke, Fredsrosen


Photos (c) 1997, 1999 Janice Lee Used by permission
Comments:
Probably the best-known rose in the world.

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