Clair Matin®

This rose's location in the garden is SE 6 and NW 7

• Classification:   Climber (large-flowered)
• Flower Color:   medium pink
• Flower Size:    5-5.5 inches
• Flower Form:  cupped, borne in rounded clusters
• Petal Count:  10-15
• Fragrance: moderate sweetbriar
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:   dark green, leathery
• Plant Height:  10-12 feet
• Plant Width:   5 feet
• Growth Habit:  vigorous, well branched
• Disease Resistant: yes
• Hybridizer:  Mrs. Marie-Louise Meilland (France)
• Registered:  1960 (International) 1962 (US)
• Parentage:  ‘Fashion’ x (‘Independence’ x ‘Orange Triumph’) x ‘Phyllis Bide’
• ARS* Rating 8.5  (a very good to excellent rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating
  

Awards:

• 1960  Gold Medal Bagatella

 
Notes:

• “The founder of Meilland International SA, Antoine Meilland, survived service in World War I, and saw his first post-war rose crop wiped out by a beetle infestation. He recovered and eventually made his nursery the dominant force in the French rose growing business.  Having arranged the smuggling of a seedling out of France just prior to the German occupation in World War II, in 1945 Francis Meilland introduced one of the most famous of all roses, ‘Peace’. …Meilland holds more than 1,000 patents worldwide and owns 600 trademarks. They have a tradition of naming some of their roses in honor of a notable person or celebrity, both historical and present day.” --- (Wilkipedia), “Meilland International SA”, retrieved February 2021.
  
  
•  Clair Matin is French for a “clear morning.”