Family : Rosaceae
Class : Rugosa Hybrid
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English translation by Peter Thompson
Old Rose.
A Rugosa rose, created in 1914 in Denmark by Knud Julianus Hastrup.
Very perfumed, single flowers, with 5 pale pink petals showing a silvery sheen, in elegant contrast with its remarkable stamen.
It reblooms and is resistant to diseases, with a compact and solid structure, well-suited for magnificent garden rows.
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