Charlene de Monaco, a 2010 rose variety bred by Princess Charlene of Monaco, is named after the wife of Prince Albert II.

Charlene de MonacoCharlene de Monaco

A variety cultivated by Meion in 2010. It is named after the wife of Prince Albert II.

The couple discovered this variety during experiments with Monaco roses, and Mayon dedicated it to the wife of Albert II of Monaco, where it has a place among the royal family's roses and the Princess Grace Rose Garden reopened in June 2014. At that time, it was renamed Princess Charlene of Monaco.

Princess Charlene of Monaco’s delicate flowers were also printed on a stamp issued by the Stamp Issuance Office of the Principality of Monaco in 2015.

This €0.68 stamp shows a sketch of two flower heads and a closed bud of Princess Charlene of Monaco, the classic fashionable garden rose!

Before it was called Princess Charlene of Monaco, there was another name called "Romantic Haiku", which was also a nice name.

Princess Charlene of Monaco, it has wonderful colors and extraordinary fragrance!

Large and plump flowers with gradient pastels from light apricot to salmon pink. The average flower diameter is 11cm, but the spring flowers can reach 13-15cm. The unique and sweet petals are fashionable and delicate. The classic English rose shape is paired with rich old roses. The fragrance and tempting fruity taste are impressive!

Charlene’s flower color changes a lot, basically changing from salmon pink to apricot as the temperature rises. Most of the cut flower photos you see are salmon pink, but in fact, if you grow your own, most of the flowers will be apricot, petals It also has a gradient pastel color, which looks great!

Real shots of the first flowers of seedlings in April 2020

The petals are stiff and shiny, and are heat and rain resistant. The summer flowers will become smaller, with a flower diameter of about 7cm, but they will not be seriously deformed.

When wrapped in beautiful frilly petals, it looks like a sweet and pleasant scented candle!

This is also the rose with the best petal texture I have ever grown. It feels silky and shiny. Look at the details of its petals:

Real shot of the petals of the first bloom of the seedling in April 2020

Its female and male parents are both The award-winning variety, the female parent is rose orange HT Louis de Funès, and the male parent is rose pink HT Pink Panther × dark yellow shrub Grahan·Graham Thomas.

Female parent Louis de Funès

Male parent Pink Panther

Male parent Graham Thomas

Especially the male parent Graham Thomas is inducted into the world's most popular rose - the WFRS Rose Hall of Fame.

has such excellent parents for breeding, and Princess Charlene of Monaco is also very good. After its launch, it has received more than a dozen awards, including 4 perfume awards. It can be seen that the fragrance is also great:

The 2018 Biltmore International Rose Competition Best Best Blend Tea Rose, Most Fragrant Rose and Most Outstanding Rose

2017

- Australian National Rose Competition Most Fragrant Rose, People's Choice Award and Certificate of Merit

- Baden B. Vienna Rose Competition Second Prize

2015

- Baden Deng B. The third prize in the Vienna Rose Competition

- The first prize in the fragrance category of La Tacita International Rose New Product Competition

- The gold medal (first prize) in the mixed tea rose category of La Tacita International Rose New Product Competition

2011

- Geneva Rose Competition Gold Medal, Perfume Award and City of Geneva Award

- Le Roeulx Rose Competition Silver Medal and Fragrance Award

- Saverne Rose Competition Public Choice Perfume Award

Possibly because of having 1/4 Graham Thomas' genes, Charlene of Monaco The Princess plant grows super vigorously and can easily grow very tall in zones 10 and 11.

Look at Foreign 10 area netizen comments:

My PCdM has only been with me for 8 or 9 months. It's taller than my 7 foot fence by at least a foot!

My Princess Charlene of Monaco has only been with me for 8 or 9 months. Month, it is at least a foot (30cm) taller than my 7 foot (213cm) fence!

Judging from the photos, Charlene's plant type is very, very tall and thin, with flowers blooming at the top of the branches and no horizontal growth. If planted in the garden, it is best to plant several trees together.

recommends that friends in warm areas should not try this variety unless you really, really like it!

Some foreign netizens also use lateral traction to solve this problem:

I'm training mine laterally as climbers along a fence. Started slow, but taking off now and they seem to respond well to being trained laterally. Lots of blooms that way.

我I'm training my guys laterally along the fence, it started slowly but now it's fast, they seem to respond well to the lateral drills and that will bloom a lot.

The picture above is a real picture taken by another foreign netizen. Judging from the picture, Charlene has a good horizontal traction effect, has many flowers, and can also be used as a small vine. If you want to grow this variety, you can consider this method!

Foreign netizens in zone 5 said:

Mine might be a bit beyond knee height now, which sadly in my zone is not bad for a rose's first year.

Mine might be a bit beyond knee height now, sadly, in In my area, this is not bad for a first year of roses.

Judging from the planting experience of foreign netizens, the height of Charlene's plants in zones 5 and 10 is very different. The official plant height is 80-100cm. In areas with low temperature dormancy in winter, full sunshine can be provided. , its height shouldn’t be a big problem.

If friends in warm areas want to grow it, they can only try lateral traction, or try to prune it several times a year.

Charlene’s disease resistance is very good. The following two pictures are from Baidu Post Bar @dddaccord. Actual photos taken at the Monaco rose garden in early November 2019. Many HT varieties have been damaged due to black spots. Although Charlene is tortured by red spider mites ( Even without spraying), the leaves are still strong and there are almost no signs of black spots of infection. Netizens who have planted

have reported good disease resistance, but there are also reports of white powder. If white powder occurs frequently, you may want to find out the cause. Is it too much nitrogen fertilizer? Too long due to lack of light? Or an immature seedling? The RB data card gave a perfect score of 3/3 for anti-white powder and 2/3 for anti-dark spots.

RB information card

Also due to the bloodline of Graham Thomas, most of the time Charlene has multiple flowers. One flowering branch is a perfect bouquet, very beautiful!

Its flower life is also relatively long, and the vase time is about 7 days:

The aroma and color of this variety are enough to melt your heart! I don’t know if you have, but I’m attracted to it anyway!

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