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Rosa 'Felicite Parmentier'
(Rose 'Felicite Parmentier')

Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Origin - Raised in France
Discovered By - Raised by Parmentier, plant breeders
Year of Introduction - 1834
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.2m or more
Width - 1m or more

Description: An Alba rose with a bushy, upright habit. Blue-green to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with finely toothed margins. Fully double, quartered-rosette rose Blooms are pale blush pink and fade to nearly white with age. The flowers are highly fragrant and produced abundantly in clusters in midsummer.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Rosa 'Felicite Parmentier' is often described as a hybrid Alba and Damask rose.

Flower:

Fully double, quartered-rosette rose flowers are pale pink and fade to nearly white with age. The blooms occasionally have a button eye at the centre. The flowers are highly fragrant and produced abundantly in clusters in June and July.

Flower colour: Pink, white

Flower shape: Quartered-rosette rose flowers in clusters

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

Blue-green to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with serrate margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on upright, prickly stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to oval leaflets

Propagation:

Cuttings, grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.