Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Hybrid Parents - (Rosa 'Danse des Sylphes' x R. 'Handel') x R. 'Kalinka'
Origin - Raised in France
Discovered By - Bred by Meilland Roses
Year of Introduction - 1987
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 3.0m
Width - 2.0m
Location - The Cloister Garden
Description: A climbing hybrid tea rose that is suitable for training against walls. Glossy dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets that are toothed at the margins. The stems bear few prickles. Fully double, Rounded rose flowers are ivory and pale pink in bud and deepen to rose-pink as the petals unfurl and age. The flowers are faintly scented and produced repeatedly from early summer into mid-autumn, though Blooms are most numerous in the first flush. Excellent for use as cut flowers.
Synonym - Rosa 'Pierre de Ronsard'
Fully double, rounded rose flowers are ivory and pale pink in bud and slowly deepen to rose-pink as the petals unfurl and age. The outer petals are sometimes tinged green. Flowers are held singly on the stems and produced from June into October. The blooms are lightly scented.
Flower colour: Pink, white
Flower shape: Fully double, rounded rose flowers
Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October
Glossy dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets with Dentate margins. The new growth is tinged red in spring. The leaves are Alternately arranged on long stems with few prickles.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to elliptic leaflets
Cuttings, grafting.
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.