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Colette®

The medium pink colored Large-Flowered Climber rose named Colette.
This rose's location in the garden is NW 5.
This rose's location in the garden is NW 5.
  • Classification:  Climber (large-flowered)
  • Flower Color:  medium pink
  • Flower Size:  3.25 inches
  • Flower Form:  old-fashioned, quartered bloom, ruffled edges
  • Petal Count:  135
  • Fragrance:  intense, strong tea
  • Repeat Bloomer:  yes
  • Foliage:  small, dark green, glossy
  • Plant Height:  6-8 feet
  • Plant Width:  3 feet
  • Growth Habit:  spreading
  • Disease Resistant:  very
  • Hybridizer: Alain Meilland (France)
  • Registered:  1996
  • Parentage:  ‘Fiona’ x ‘Prairie Princess’
  • ARS* Rating:  8.4 (a very good to excellent rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 2000 Bronze Award—Australian National Rose Trials

Notes:
  • The rose ‘Colette’ is named after Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (b.1873-1954), known simply as Colette, a French author and woman of letters. She was also known as a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best remembered for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name.--- (Wikipedia, “Colette”). Retrieved January 2022.

  • “This plant is known as ‘Genevieve’ and ’John Keats’ in Europe.  It is a member of the Romantica® rose series distributed by Star Roses. Romantica® Roses all have fragrant, old-fashioned blooms yet also possess modern-day characteristics which cater to the novice as well as the advanced gardener.” --- Star Roses website, accessed 2/24/21

  • Currently Meilland International business is headed by Alain Meilland, and today it has nursery production   covering 1500 acres in France, Morocco, Spain, the Netherlands, and in the U.S. State of California selling more than 12 million rosebushes annually. 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. --- (Wikipedia, Meilland International SA). retrieved March 2021.
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