Family : Rosaceae
Class : Hybrid Perpetual
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Old Rose.
A Hybrid Perpetual created around 1885 in England by Henry Bennett.
Harmonious flowers of up to 50 petals, pink and scented with a silvery sheen.
It was certainly in fashion in the last years of the Victorian era.
It forms bushy shrubs and is very resistant to disease.
Parentage :
‘François Michelon’ × Seedling
Awards :
1885 - Royal National Rose Society : Gold Medal
1999 - Buckeye District : Victorian (ARS)
2000 - Las Vegas Valley Rose Society - Victorian (ARS)
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