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CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION: "Sonia" OTHER ANNOYING LITTLE FACTS: Some True, Some Made Up

Name: Sonia
Synonym: Sonja, Sweet Promise, Sonia Meilland
Designation: MEIhelvet
Class: Modern Cluster Flowered
(Grandiflora)
Hybridizer/Date: Meilland, France 1974
Parentage: Zambra x (Baccara x White Knight)
Fragrance: Some say strong, fruity others say mild
ARS Color: Pink blend
30 petals

Comments: High centered bloom form on a rose one grown for the florist trade. One of the best all time selling roses for the house of Meilland. Few roses make the transition from florist rose to garden rose, this is one of them.





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