Royal Bonica Meidland is a hybrid floribunda in the rose family (Rosaceae). It was bred by Marie-Louise Meilland in France in 1982. This rose will grow 3-5 feet tall and 4-5 ft wide. It prefers moist fertile well-drained soil in full sun but will tolerate some light shade. Avoid crowding and overhead watering to discourage diseases. Prune in late winter to remove damaged and diseased canes and to control the size. Royal Bonica Meidland blooms with large double fragrant pink flowers in clusters from late spring until frost on arching canes. It will produce orange rose hips in the fall. Use this shrub as a specimen, in groups, as a barrier, for privacy or screening, in cottage or English gardens or as a foundation plant. Royal Bonica Meidland has won the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society, the All-American Rose Award and was named World's Favorite Rose in 1997 Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: see pests of roses to the left. Has good disease resistance. Deer will browse roses. VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for " Trees, Shrubs and Conifers " a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. More information on Rosa .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Fills a similar nicheRosa 'Hermosa'Rosa 'Jeanne Lajoie'Rosa Many Happy Returns 'HARwanted'