Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Hybrid Parents - Rosa wichurana x Rosa 'Madame Laurette Messimy'
Origin - Raised in France
Discovered By - Bred by Barbier Rose Growers
Year of Introduction - 1906
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - 5m or more
Width - 3m or more
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: A vigorous Wichurana Rambling Rose. Glossy dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets. Sweetly scented, double rosette flowers are soft pink to peachy pink and have ruffled petals. Each Bloom has a small cluster of yellow stamens at the centre. Flowering mostly occurs in one strong flush from early to midsummer, and then intermittently afterwards.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Double, rosette flowers with ruffled petals are soft pink to peachy pink and held in small clusters. Each bloom has a small central boss of yellow stamens. The flowers are produced mainly in June and July, then sporadically afterwards. Sweetly scented.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Double, rosette rose flowers in clusters
Flowering time: June, July
Glossy dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets. The new growth emerges bronze-red in spring. The leaves are Alternately arranged on long, prickly stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to elliptic leaflets
Cuttings, grafting.
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.