Want a beautiful white to blush rose that lasts forever on your rose bush or in a vase? Look no further than the Francis Meilland Rose. Its breathtaking beauty and lovely fragrance is sure to make you a lifelong fan. This is another rose that I will definitely be ordering more of next spring. I saw Grace Rose Farm on my favorite food blog Half-Baked Harvest. And after listening to her on the Rose Chat Podcast, I knew I wanted to order some roses from them. I probably spent hours looking at her website all the roses took my breath away. Wanting white roses with some variation to the color I knew I had to get the Francis Meilland rose. We planted our Francis Meilland in May 2024. It grew quite quickly but we did it get any blooms until July.. I was starting to get impatient but the second Francis Meilland started to bloom it was WELL worth the wait! The Francis Meilland has been one of my favorite roses this past summer to put in a vase.
History of Francis Meilland Rose
The Meilland family is a multi generational rose breeders. The first rose breeder in the family was Joseph Rambaux. He started in 1850 in Lyon, France. The Francis Meilland Rose was bred by Alain Meilland in 2006 named after his father. Francis Meilland is a Hybrid Tea Rose. It gets to be 5 to 7 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. It won the All-America Rose Selections award in 2013. And the Best Hybrid Tea Rose at Biltmore International Rose Trials in 2014.
The Francis Meilland rose is a repeat bloomer and it likes full sun. It would also make a really good hedge rose!
Do you have a favorite white rose? Let me know in the comments below!
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