Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Orange pink
Rebloom: Good
Class: Grandiflora
Other: Florists rose
Extra Color Info: Coral-pink blend
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Marie-Louise (Louisette) Meilland, 1970
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Orange-pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Zambra x (Baccara x White Knight)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Sonia'
  • 'MEIhelvet'
  • 'Sonja'
  • 'Sonia Meilland'
  • 'Sweet Promise'

Common names
  • Rose

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Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Location: Deer Park,TX Zone 9
Date: April 2023
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Roxbury Farm and Garden Center - Fredericksburg, VA
Date: 2016-04-30

Date: 2010-08-16
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Uploaded by Skiekitty
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
  • Uploaded by jon
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
  • Uploaded by jon
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by Skiekitty
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2007-05-07
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-06-18
Promise of beautiful flowers

Survived Zone 5, Colorado

Survived Zone 5, Colorado
Comments:
  • Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Jun 19, 2013 9:59 AM concerning plant:
    This rose is listed as being very fragrant and I have smelled Sonia smelling WONDERFUL. My own plant, however, produces flowers that smell horrendously like pepper for some reason. Very unpleasant. Only reason why I haven't shovel pruned this rose is that it produces flowers in all sorts of bad weather and is very dependable for producing blooms all season.
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Sep 29, 2011 5:30 PM concerning plant:
    This rose has a well-deserved reputation as the ideal rose for bouquets. It has long stems and the blooms are almost always perfect, from bud to shatter point.
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