The 2009 AARS Winner. Finally a true red, hardy shrub rose! An offspring of our popular winner ‘Carefree Delight®’, Meilland hybridized an even better landscape plant that keeps the great foliage of its parent and adds more disease resistance, as well as having an even better plant habit with a great non-fading bright red color. A consensus winner that will work well in all of the climates for which it was tested. Hardy Zone 5.
Red, white center. Single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Medium, bushy, mounded.
Height of up to 5′ (up to 150 cm).
Hybridizer: Alain Meilland (France, 2007)
Parentage:
seed: Red Max Graf x Seedling
pollen: Pink Meidiland ® x Immensee (shrub, Kordes 1982)