Rosa Macha Meril

The Macha Meril® Rose ('Adalegour') (Copacabana®) is a modern hybrid tea rose with very fragrant velvety flowers in a deep red colour. Vigorous and highly floriferous, it forms a bush with glossy foliage that is resistant to diseases. Its large, fully double, turbinate flowers are a sumptuous intense red, with a yellow sulphur reverse. They exude an intense and fruity fragrance. With almost one flower per stem, this upright bush provides excellent flowers for bouquets.

The 'Macha Meril' Rose is also marketed internationally under the name 'Copacabana'. It was bred by Michel Adam in 2004. It is a beautiful bushy shrub that reaches a height of about 1.10m (4ft) with a spread of 60 to 70cm (24 to 28in) at maturity, with vigorous growth. It produces strong branches that bear healthy foliage in a shiny dark green colour. Throughout the summer and until the onset of autumn, if faded flowers are removed, the plant produces numerous buds that open into large double flowers. They are turbinate, typical of hybrid tea roses, and have a deep red color with a yellow sulphur reverse. Most often solitary, they are borne at the end of long shoots from the current year or emerge from 2-year-old stems. The repeat flowering is also distinguished by a very pronounced, rather fruity fragrance.

The 'Macha Meril' Rose generously offers its refined bicoloured flowers on a dense and upright bush, ideal for flower beds, hedges, solitary planting, or planted in groups of 3, in borders. Pair it with yellow roses to echo the reverse of its flowers. In a flower bed, plant it with tall Phlox, Penstemons, and blue or purple Sages. Combine it with the silver foliage of Wormwoods for a sophisticated association with its velvety red flowers. Its cut flowers, long-lasting, are perfect for bouquets.