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| colour: Strong Pink, Blush Pink |
| height: Average Shrub 2.5 - 5 feet (0.75 m - 1.5 m) |
| scent: Other scent: Musk, Myrrh, Violets, Lemon, etc. |
| introduction: 1926 - 1950 |
| usda zone: Zone 4 (-27ºC/-16.6ºF to -33ºC/-27.4ºF) |
| flowers: Fully Double |
| repeat: Once Flowering |
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An alba, or an alba hybrid, of unknown origin, found by Nancy Lindsay at a convent in Elboeuf, Normandy in 1940. Stems to 1.5m; the twigs with few long prickles. Leaves dark green and sharp-pointed, with a smooth texture. Flowers semi-double, pale salmon-pink. Sepals with very few lobes. Hips freely produced. Its scent of myrrh, or a hint of aniseed, caused Graham Thomas to speculate that ‘Belle Amour’ is a hybrid of ‘Ayrshire Splendens’, which has similar colouring and scent. Easy to grow and reputed to be good in poor soils. Zone 3, surviving -25°C, and probably less. The field photograph was taken in the garden of Richard Rix Kent UK and the other in the garden of David Austin’s Nursery, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, UK. |
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Availability
Golden Vale Nursery
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Golden Vale Road
P.O. Box 66
Benalla
Victoria 3672
Australia
Tel: +61 03 05762 1520
Fax: +61 03 05762 1520
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Other Nurseries
'Belle Amour' is also available from:
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| Ross Roses -Australia |
| Lens Roses -Belgium |
| Corn Hill Nursery Ltd -Canada |
| Flora Linnea -Sweden |
| Vintage Gardens Antique Roses -United States |
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