Scientific Name:	Rosa Meineble cvs.
Pronunciation:	ROE-zuh
Common Name:	Meidiland carpet rose
Family Name:	Rosaceae
Plant Type:	Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Low growing compact shrub rose with a creeping habit that is often grown as a ground cover; flowers red, pink, or white.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Arching Form: Irregular Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Origin: Garden origin (R. 'Sea Foam' x (R. 'Picasso' x R. 'Maceye')) Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Summer interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Odd-pinnate Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Rounded Margins: Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Cyme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 11+ Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Pink, Red, (Cultivars of these three flower colours were planted in th parking islands in the BCE area. It appears some were transplanted to the LCA and HPZ area.) Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug, Sep

Fruit Type: Achene, Aggregate fruit Fruit Colour: Orange, Red Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, Accessory tissue, Persistent, Fruit type is commonly referred to as a rose 'hip' but a\re not common in most cvs. (usually flower falls off before fruit forms).

Bark Morphology: Lightly fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Brown     Organ Modifications: Prickles, Stipule, leafy

Pest Susceptibility:	Disease resistant, Drought resistant, Thrips

Location(s): (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : red, pink (CGW) Community Garden West (HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa : pink (ONW) Overpass North side West : white (TFL) Turf Field Lab Location Map

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