Rosa 'Meipouzmoi' (x Hulthemosa) EYECONIC^®

Rosa persica is a rose species from Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia which used to be listed as a separate species Hulthemia. Its flowers are beautiful and unique but everything else is difficult – thorny foliage, unsightly habit, and unreliable garden performance – they are almost impossible to transplant. Luckily they respond well to crossing with other, reliable rose species and the first hybrids were made after 2000. Their scientific name is x Hulthemosa but for marketing purposes they are still called just Rosa.

EYECONIC^® is a French addition to the family of hybrid Persian roses, made by breeders at Meilland. It produces semi-double, bright yellow roses with slightly blurred, crimson red flecks near the centre owing to which the flowers resemble hibiscus. The main flowering season is from late May until mid July, then comes a short summer break, and new flowers reappear from late summer till early autumn.

Deciduous leaves are medium green, partly glossy, and usually composed of 5 leaflets. They are often healthy until late summer when rust or mildew may be a slight problem but will not affect plant’s health. It grows moderately or slowly, making upright branches which can climb to some 1.5m if given support, such plants are considered short climbers. Without a support or hard pruned the branches will arch a bit and the plant will form a mid-sized rose shrub.

Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in the soil. Water well and cover new shoots with soil or bark mulch about 15 cm high. Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun.

Pruning: rambling or climbing roses are not supposed to be pruned. But it can be shaped and kept smaller by careful pruning. Deadheading will help setting new flower buds. Trusses of spent flowers are best removed just above the first leaf with 5 leaflets.

Last update: 26-10-2019