Hybrid variety. Will not reliably grow true to type from seed.
United States – Patent No: PP 4,224 on 14 Mar 1978. The inventor is Marie-Louise Paolino. Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) as ‘Ambassador’.
There are at least three rose varieties named ‘Ambassador’, two of them having been hybridised by Meilland (France): the first (this one) in 1979 (registration name MEInuzeten) and the second in 1995 with the registration name MEIbigoud. An earlier ‘Ambassador’ was bred by Hjermind & Weiss (Germany) in 1930. According to HelpMeFind entries for ‘Ambassador’ roses, all three varieties are commercially available.
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