Rosa Bonica® 'MELdomonac'
Common Name(s):
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- RO-zuh
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Royal Bonica Meidland is a hybrid floribunda in the rose family (Rosaceae). It was bred by Marie-Louise Meilland in France in 1982.
This rose will grow 3-5 feet tall and 4-5 ft wide. It prefers moist fertile well-drained soil in full sun but will tolerate some light shade. Avoid crowding and overhead watering to discourage diseases. Prune in late winter to remove damaged and diseased canes and to control the size.
Royal Bonica Meidland blooms with large double fragrant pink flowers in clusters from late spring until frost on arching canes. It will produce orange rose hips in the fall.
Use this shrub as a specimen, in groups, as a barrier, for privacy or screening, in cottage or English gardens or as a foundation plant.
Royal Bonica Meidland has won the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society, the All-American Rose Award and was named World's Favorite Rose in 1997
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: see pests of roses to the left. Has good disease resistance. Deer will browse roses.
VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for "Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Dimensions:
- Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 4 ft. 0 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Rose
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Arching
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Medium
- Appendage:
- Prickles
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 3 feet-6 feet
- 6-feet-12 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Orange
- Red/Burgundy
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Description:
- Produce orange rose hips in fall
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Pink
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Medium 3-4 inch flowers are fully double with 70 petals and mildly scented. They appear in clusters from late spring to frost.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Compound small, glossy, dark green foliage
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Green stems with prickles
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Lawn
- Landscape Theme:
- Butterfly Garden
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- English Garden
- Design Feature:
- Barrier
- Border
- Foundation Planting
- Hedge
- Screen/Privacy
- Specimen
- Attracts:
- Butterflies
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Diseases
- Problems:
- Spines/Thorns
