Rosier meilland line renaud biography
Rosa 'Line Renaud'
Hybrid tea rose cultivar
Rosa 'Line Renaud', rose code name MEIclusif, is a hybrid tea rosecultivar bred in France by Meilland International SA and introduced in [2] It was named for French actress Line Renaud.
'Line Renaud' was developed at the Meilland-Richardier research center in Le Cannet-des-Maures.[3] It is the result of a crossing in the year , germinated in and was successively selected from thousands of seedlings in several stages.[1] Its combination of fragrance and health was described as rare by Andreas Barlage.[2] Klaus Körber described the citrus fragrance as superb and popular with customers.[4]
The cultivar grows shoots up to centimetres (47&#;in) high with medium-sized very double flowers that are pink to pink red and have a very strong fragrance.[5] The rose flowers repeatedly beginning in May or June.[3] The rose grows one to four flowers per stem that are 9 to 10 centimetres ( to &#;in) in diameter.[1] The bloom has been described as pink, dark pink, or fuchsia-colored in the style of old roses or resembling a peony.[2][4] The petals are firm, which allows the flower to stay in shape in rain, the inner petals are sometimes whirled or quartered, and petals often have a thin light border and are sometimes crenated.[2] The shrub is very thorny, branches only below flowers, and has large green to dark green foliage.[1][5] Its habit is upright and bushy.[6]
'Line Renaud' does not develop hips and does not self-clean in cold or damp weather.[1] Bauer and Grothe suggest planting the rose in small groups and near to seats because of its fragrance.[6] Barlage suggests a combination with garden heliotrope, sweet alyssum, and trumpet lilies.[2] Bauer and Grothe propose combining the rose with rose mallow.[6] Cut flowers of 'Line Renaud' last for a week.[2] The cultivar can grow excessive shoots and gives a middling appearance in a container.[4]
'Line Renaud' won the Golden Rose of the City Hradec Králové in , became an ADR rose in , won a Silver Medal and Most Fragrant Rose at the Australian National Rose Trials, and won the Grand Prix de la Rose in all categories by the National Horticultural Society of France.[5][7][8][9]