Rose Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
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Other names: Conrad F. Meyer
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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.
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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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Published Jan. 13, 2025, 1:34 p.m. by Галина Микитинець