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Alba
'Mme Plantier'.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

Mme Plantier R Rix
Ref No: 980
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Mme Plantier Mott.
Ref No: 1066
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Mme Plantier Sissinghurst
Ref No: 3981
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Mme Plantier 6
Ref No: 9998
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colour: White
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 4 (-27ºC/-16.6ºF to -33ºC/-27.4ºF)
flowers: Fully Double
repeat: Once Flowering

An Hybrid Alba introduced by Plantier in 1835. The flowers are creamy white changing to pure white with a green button eye, very double; scent moderate; the foliage is rather small with normally, seven leaflets. It can be grown as a lax shrub to about 5 feet or a climber up to about 12 feet. The Parentage is thought to be Rosa alba x Rosa moschata.

Photographed at the garden of Richard Rix Kent UK, the more distant shot was photographed at Mottisfont Garden Hampshire UK.

Availability

'Mme Plantier' is available from the following nurseries:

Golden Vale Nursery -Australia
Walter Duncan Roses -Australia
Ross Roses -Australia
Corn Hill Nursery Ltd -Canada
Tasman Bay Roses Ltd -New Zealand
Flora Linnea -Sweden
The Antique Rose Emporium -United States
Vintage Gardens Antique Roses -United States
Ashdown Roses -United States
Ludwig`s Rose Farm -South Africa
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