Rose Conrad F. Meyer


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Breeder: Franz Hermann Müller
Year of introduction: 1893
Introduced by: Introduced in Switzerland by Otto Froebel in 1899

Main color: Pink
Flowering: Repeat flowering
Flower size: Large
Aroma: Strong, rich and sweet
200 - 300 cm / 6' 7" - 9' 10"
150 - 250 cm / 4' 11" - 8' 2"

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Characteristics

Main color: Pink

Color: Soft pink with a silver shade

Flowering: Repeat flowering

Flower size: Large

Flower: Very double, cupped, old-fashioned, quartered, mostly solitary

Foliage: Dark green, large, semi-glossy, leathery

Aroma: Strong, rich and sweet

Class: Rugosa rose

Sub-class: Hybrid Rugosa, Shrub rose

Type: Large shrub

Growth type: Arching, Bushy, Tall, Upright

Height: 200 - 300 cm / 6' 7" - 9' 10"

Width: 150 - 250 cm / 4' 11" - 8' 2"


Description

The rose "Conrad Ferdinand Meyer", introduced in 1899, is an attractive old Hybrid Rugosa rose. This stunning park rose is a delightful beauty with charming and captivating blooms. A robust, old-fashioned, vigorous, and very large shrub or semi-climbing rose, it grows up to 3 meters tall, its strong stems are covered with large prickles and coarse, and has also leathery, smooth, dark green foliage. The fragrance of its silvery-pink flowers is so enchanting that it feels like you've found paradise.

The flowers are highly fragrant, large, full, and silvery-pink, blooming repeatedly from summer to autumn. They are full, slightly cup-shaped, and appear singly or in small clusters of three, with a romantic, nodding effect when fully open. This medium sized climber can be trained to grow on a pillar or arch. Be sure to plant it where you can enjoy its magnificent scent up close.

The bush is prickly, tall, and upright, reaching a height of 180–300 cm, with strong, arching, thorny stems densely covered with large, broad prickles of varying sizes. Its leaves are large, stiff, pinnate, semi-smooth, and semi-glossy, emerald green, with oval, serrated, wrinkled, dark green leaflets.

Elegant tall buds open into large (9–10 cm), fragrant, double (45 petals) cup-shaped flowers, sometimes quartered. The blooms are a delicate pink satin color with a silvery tint and a darker reverse. They exude a rich, sweet fragrance.

It blooms profusely and repeatedly, producing large, yellow-orange, oval-round rose hips with attached sepals. Removing spent blooms encourages further flowering. It can be planted in spring or autumn in a well-lit location. The soil should be fertile, rich, and well-drained to showcase this rose's full beauty.

This rose is perfect for the back of a flowerbed or as a focal point in a prominent garden area. It is suitable for cut flowers, landscaping compositions, or as a climber on an arch, pergola, or pillar. Vigorous and highly energetic, it can be grown as a shrub or a small climbing rose. It tolerates partial shade well.

Disease and Hardiness

Disease Susceptibility: Prone to rust and black spot, requiring preventive treatments.

Winter Hardiness: Good, USDA Zone 6b or warmer, winters without shelter.


Name origin

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (11.10.1825-28.11.1898) was a Swiss realist poet who is mainly remembered for historical short stories, novels and lyric poems.


Awards

As of the date no infarmation available on the awards this rose has received. It is also possible that this rose has not gained any awards yet.

Parentage

Rose variety ‘Conrad Ferdinand Meyer' originated by Franz Hermann Müller by two roses:

 The seed parent, an unnamed, unpatented seedling with following origin:

   Tea Noisette rose ‘Gloire de Dijon’ by Jacotot, 1849 × Hybrid Perpetual rose ‘Duc de Rohan’ by Lévêque, 1861.

 The pollen parent - Rugosa hybrid ‘Germanica’, by Müller, 1886.

The "Conrad Ferdinand Meyer" rose produced a white sport, ‘Nova Zembla’, before 1905.


Climate zones

USDA 6 and warmer



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soil reuirements Preference in type of soils: Grows well on all types of soils.
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Published Jan. 13, 2025, 1:34 p.m. by Галина Микитинець

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