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Bourbon
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| synonyms: 'Queen of Beauty and Fragrance', | ||||||
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| colour: Cream | ||||||
| height: Shrub above 5 feet (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: Repeat Flowering | ||||||
Introduced by Beluze in 1843.A climbing sport of the Bourbon raised by Béluze in 1843, the climber introduced by Henry Bennett in England in 1893. An excellent and most beautiful rose with very double, large, flat, palest pink flowers, produced mainly in spring. Growth to 20 feet (6m), though usually less. Min. -15°C, perhaps. Very inclined to ball in wet weather and thus only very good in hot dry areas. The field shot was Photographed at Kasteel Hex Belgium, the second photograph was taken by Bill Grant. | ||||||
| Availability | ||||||
| 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' is available from the following nurseries: | ||||||
| Golden Vale Nursery -Australia | ||||||
| Walter Duncan Roses -Australia | ||||||
| Ross Roses -Australia | ||||||
| W. KORDES’ SÖHNE -Germany | ||||||
| Tasman Bay Roses Ltd -New Zealand | ||||||
| Flora Linnea -Sweden | ||||||
| Cocker’s Award Winning Roses -United Kingdom | ||||||
| The Country Garden Plant Centre -United Kingdom | ||||||
| The Antique Rose Emporium -United States | ||||||
| Vintage Gardens Antique Roses -United States | ||||||
| Ashdown Roses -United States | ||||||
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