Family : Rosaceae
Class : Damask Perpetual, Portland
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Old Rose.
A Damask rose of the Portland group, created in France in 1860 by Robert & Moreau.
Up to 55 petals, shaded pink, with the intense perfume of a Damask rose.
A plant which takes up relatively little space, and is therefore well-suited to small gardens, with very large flowers that belie its size.
Parentage :
‘Baronne Prévost’ × ‘Portland Rose’
Awards :
1998 - Dowager Rose Queen : East Bay Rose Society
1999 - Dowager Rose Queen : Garden State Rose Club (New Jersey)
2000 - Dowager Rose Queen : Milwaukee Rose Society - Pacific Northwest District
2001 - Dowager Rose Queen : Albuquerque Rose Society - Fraser Pacific Rose
Society - Wasco Rose Society - Watauga Valley Rose Society
2005 - Dowager Rose Queen : Albuquerque Rose Society
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