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Bourbon
'Gipsy Boy'.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

synonyms: 'Gypsy Boy', 'Ziegeuner Knabe',
Zigeunerknabe
Ref No: 4302
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colour: Very Dark Red, Purplish Red (old rose)
height: Shrub above 5 feet (1.5 m)
scent: Good or wonderful old rose scent
introduction: 1901 - 1925
usda zone: Zone 4 (-27ºC/-16.6ºF to -33ºC/-27.4ºF)
flowers: Fully Double
repeat: Once Flowering

A Bourbon rose bred by Geschwind introduced by Lambert in 1909. Fully double, deep purple flowers, height to 7 feet (2.5m), well scented, good hips. Zone 4.

Availability

'Gipsy Boy' is available from the following nurseries:

Lens Roses -Belgium
Tasman Bay Roses Ltd -New Zealand
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