Rosa 'Miss All-American Beauty'

Rosa 'Miss All-American Beauty', (aka MEIdaud ), is a hybrid tea rose cultivar, developed by Louisette Meilland in 1965. The cultivar was the recipient of the Portland Gold Medal in 1966 and named an All-America Rose Selections winner in 1968.[1]

Rosa 'Spartan'
Rosa 'Miss All-American Beauty'
GenusRosa hybrid
Hybrid parentage'Chrysler Imperial' x 'Karl Herbst'
Cultivar groupHybrid tea
CultivarMEIdaud
Marketing names'Miss All-American Beauty', 'Maria Callas'
BreederMeilland
OriginUnited States, 1965

Description

'Miss All-American Beauty' is a tall, bushy, upright shrub, 4 to 7 ft (121—213 cm) in height with a 2 to 3 ft (60—90 cm) spread. Blooms are very large, with an average diameter of 6 in (15.24 cm), with 26 to 40 petals. Flowers are a bright pink, with little fading as the blooms age, but will burn in the sun. The rose has a strong, sweet fragrance.[2] Blooms open from large, ovoid buds, are high-centered, borne mostly solitary, and have a cupped bloom form. The plant is very prickly and has large, leathery, and dark green leaves that do poorly in dry climates. 'Miss All-American Beauty' blooms in flushes from spring through autumn. The plant does best in [[USDA] zone 7 and warmer.[3]

Awards

See also

Notes
  1. "Miss All-American Beauty rose". Help me find roses, clematis and peonies. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 247.
  3. "Rosa 'Miss All-American Beauty'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

References
  • Quest-Ritson, Brigid; Quest-Ritson, Charles (2011). Encyclopedia of Roses (Reprint ed.). DK. ISBN 978-0756688684.
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