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Rosa 'Madame Ernest Calvat'
(Rose 'Madame Ernest Calvat')

Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Hybrid Parents - A sport of Rosa 'Madame Isaac Pereire'
Origin - Raised in France
Discovered By - Raised by Joseph Schwartz
Year of Introduction - 1881
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 2.5m
Width - 2m

Description: A Bourbon rose with arching branches. Rosa 'Madame Ernest Calvat' can be grown as a Shrub rose, or be trained as a climber. Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with finely toothed margins. Fully double, Quartered rosette rose flowers are sugar pink, the outer petals fade to silver pink with age. The flowers are fragrant and produced singly or in clusters, repeatedly, from early summer into late autumn.

Flower:

Fully double, quartered-rosette rose flowers are sugar pink, the outer petals fade to silver pink with age. The blooms are fragrant and produced singly or in clusters, repeatedly, from June into November.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: Quartered-rosette rose flowers singly or in clusters

Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October, November

Foliage:

Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with serrate margins. The new growth emerges purple-red in spring. The leaves are Alternately arranged on arching, 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.