Nadia Meillandecor

Where to plant. In park plantings, on slopes and embankments, in the borders of sunny beds, as a living yellow carpet in front of conifers or grey foliage. An excellent landscape base for public spaces and large gardens.

Climate. All of Ukraine with light winter protection (USDA 6b); copes well with summer heat. In the southern regions, without protection.

Care. Full sun; undemanding, typical of Meidiland; feed 2× a season; prune by about ⅓ in spring; no ongoing disease prevention needed.

Name. 'Nadia', a female given name of Slavic or Italian origin (meaning 'hope'). Typical of the Meidiland series, where landscape varieties get female names (Bonica, Sevillana, Magic Meidiland). The Suffix 'Meillandecor' is Meilland's own line of decorative landscape roses (the counterpart of English Roses Austin). In the USA it is called 'Sunny Meidiland', which emphasises its bright yellow colour.

Breeding. Bred by Alain Meilland at Meilland International (Le Cannet-des-Maures, France), the world's largest commercial rose house, founded in 1850. Code MEIbalneo. On the French market from about 2008. Parentage not published (typical Meilland practice). Hague Certificate 2006: the Hague Certificate for landscape roses, practical landscape recognition from professional assessors of public landscapes.

Significance. One of the few yellow landscape varieties in the Meidiland series (most of the series is pink). It completes the Meidiland colour palette: Bonica (pink, 1981), White Meidiland (white, 1986), Magic Meidiland (fuchsia, 1993), Nadia (yellow, 2008). It allows 'tricolour carpets' from 3 or more Meidilands for parks and public spaces. It is often confused with pink Meidilands; Nadia is definitely yellow, not pink. No major awards (ADR, AARS), but the Hague Certificate confirms its practical landscape value.