Rose Fire & Ice

Although this rose is ideally suited for planting low hedges, borders and beds of a single variety, it proves to be an excellent choice for mixed borders, installed in groups of 3 plants among a variety of perennials, bulbous flowers and low growing shrubs.

Flowers. Usually has 2 to 5 flowers per stem.

Peduncles are long, commonly approximately 5.5 cm in length, rigid, smooth and near yellow-green, sometimes have some anthocyanin coloration of grayed-purple.

Sepals are tomentose on the upper and under surfaces and near yellow-green in coloration with anthocyanin coloration of near grayed-purple; approximately 2.5cm in length on average, commonly with few weak extensions.

Buds have conical shape, medium sized with length of approximately 2 cm in average. Color upon opening is near white and widely suffused with moderate red.

Flowers are flat cup-shaped with diameter 8 to 10 cm in average. When the flower starts to open the colour of the upper surface is near yellowish white and suffused with moderate red/ vermilion. As the flowering continues the portion of the red/ vermilion increases. Flowers have no or very mild fragrance. However they have quite long lasting qualities: 10 days on average on plant. Petals have wedge-shaped base and a reflexed tip, the average petals count is 35, petals size is approximately 3.5 cm in length and 3.2cm wide. Petals texture relatively thick and rigid. Usually the petals fall of cleanly as the flower fades. Petaloids – not observed.

The flowers have approximately 52 stamens. Anthers are approximately 0.2 cm in size and yellow-orange colour. Filaments approximately 0.6 cm in length on average and of green-yellow colour. Pollen is present and yellow in coloration. Pistils number approximately 45 on average. Stigmas are yellow, styles approximately 0.4 cm in length and of green-yellow colour. Receptacles are yellow-green and in longitudinal sections in the shape of a funnel. Hips are grey-orange, seeds are elongated, approximately 0.3 cm in length and near white in coloration.

Rose plant has average height 70 to 80 cm on average at the end of the growing season, width approximately 80 cm on average, has bushy growth habit. Young stems are yellow-green, aging to a bit darker color. Thorns size is approximately 1.5 cm in length on average, quantity -moderate, grey-orange on young branches and near grey-orange on adult wood, have slightly concave shape.

Leaves. Stipules adnate, pectinate, have yellow-green color, approximately 2 cm in length in average and 0.7 cm un width. Petioles have non-glandular upper surface with some anthocyanin coloration when young; under surface commonly with a few prickles and with some anthocyanin coloration when young. Leaflets number 3, 5 and 7 at most; have generally elliptic shape with a cuspidate tip and an obtuse base. Leaflets serration is regular, texture thick and smooth on both surfaces. General appearance very dense, medium green, dull. The young leaves colour of the upper surface is near yellow-green with some anthocyanin coloration of grayed-purple; the under surface is near yellow-green also with grayed-purple. The colour of the adult leaves id medium green on the upper surface and yellow-green on the under surface.

In trials proved to have good resistance to powdery mildew and black spot.

Introduced to the market and sold in Europe under the name 'Jubile du Prince de Monaco'.

In USA sold under name 'Cherry Parfait'.

Saverne Certificate 2000

Silver Medal & Rose of Madrid (Spain) 2000

Gold Medal Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2000

Baden-Baden Casino Prize (Germany) 2000

Bronze Medal Genoa (Italy) 2001. Orléans Certificate 2002

AARS (All American Rose Selection, USA) 2003

1st Prize Floribunda, Gold Medal and Best Rose of Australia 2004 competition

Rose Hill Gold Medal (USA) 2006.

The new Floribunda variety of Rosa hybrida was created by artificial pollination where tow parents were crosses which previously had been studied in the hope that they would contribute the desired characteristics. The female parent (i.e. the see parent) was the ‘Meichoiju’ / ‘Jacqueline Nebout’ variety. The male parent (i.e. the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the ‘Meidanu’ / ‘Tamango’ variety (floribunda, Meilland, 1965) and the ‘Maeman’ or sometimes known as ‘Matangi’.

The parentage of this rose variety can be summarized as ‘Meichoiju’ x (‘Meidanu’ x ‘Maeman’)

A new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant forms attractive large bicolored blossoms that are relatively stable in coloration. Such blossoms posses no fragrance. The blossoming if particularly attractive in spring. The plant exhibits a compact, generally uniform and bushy growth habit, forms dense medium green and dull foliage, and possesses very good disease resistance. The new variety is particularly well suited for providing colourful ornamentation in the landscape.

USDA zone 5 and warmer