Japanese name: バラ 王妃アントワネット Scientific name:Rosa La Reine Marie-Antoinette
[Overview]
A hybrid tea cultivar bred by Meilland of France in 2012.
It is one of the Versailles no Bara series.
The flowers are deep rose-pink and cupped, with wavy petals.
At the start of blooming, they are round-petaled with a high center.
It flowers well, the flowers last well, and it has a tea rose fragrance.
The plant is semi-upright and vigorous, about 1.5 m tall and 1.0 m wide, with a well-balanced form, and it can also be grown in a large pot.
[History]
It was bred from the cross (Peter Mayle × Deep Secret) × Barronne de Rothschild.
[Awards]
2010 Dublin International Competition, Best Hybrid Tea Award
2011 Lyon International Competition, Grand Rose of the Century Award and Prestige de la Rose Award, among others
[Cultivation]
It has excellent cold hardiness, heat tolerance, and resistance to powdery mildew and black spot.
