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'Ambroise Paré'.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

Ambroise Paré Gallica Mottisfont
Ref No: 650
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Ref No: 915
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colour: Purplish Red (old rose), Strong Pink, Striped or Spotted
height: Average Shrub 2.5 - 5 feet (0.75 m - 1.5 m)
scent: Good or wonderful old rose scent
introduction: 1826 - 1850
usda zone: Zone 5 (-22ºC/-7.6ºF to -27ºC/-16.6ºF)
flowers: Fully Double
repeat: Once Flowering

Introduced by Vibert around 1846.
Stems arching to 1.5m, with few thorns. Leaflets rather small, elliptic. Flowers usually in groups or 3 or 4, fully double, rgularly quartered, with a small button eye and a tight rosette of curld petals in the centre; in colour purplish-pink, with shadows and speckles. Scent very good.



Photographed at Mottisfont Rose garden Hampshire UK and at the François Joyaux’s Roseraie de la Cour de Commer near Mayenne France.

Availability

'Ambroise Paré' is available from the following nurseries:

Vintage Gardens Antique Roses -United States
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