Foliage is med green and healthy. Makes a great hardy hedge if pruned severely early in its life. Hardy to Zone 3. Semi double blooms of medium red have 25 petals with a prominent yellow center. Instead of this hindering its looks as some people don't like to see the center of roses, the red and yellow make a striking force especially if viewed from a distance.
Blooms are in clusters of a dozen or more.
It has good disease resistance and is fairly vigorous. Double blooms with inner petals incurved like the old heirloom roses. New growth is a deep purple adding to its attractiveness. On it's own roots it will grow to aprox. Introduced in 1998, Maire Victorin is a hardy shrub rose that can be used as a low climber to 5'.