06-NOV-2005
Sonia Rykiel
Rosa Generosa group recently bred by Guillot, France.
Delightfully fragrant.
06-NOV-2005
Zepherine Drouhin
aka Belle Dijonnaise, Charles Bonnet,
Ingegnoli Prediletta, Mme Gustave Bonnet
Old bourbon rose, small climber suited to pillar or archway.
Bred in France released in 1868.
Sweetly fragrant
06-NOV-2005
Pierre de Ronsard
aka Eden, Eden Rose 88 & Grimpant Pierre de Ronsard.
This rose trailed across a veranda at another rose garden
up the road a few ks from the heritage place.
Its not an olde world rose bred only recently in 1987
by the Meilland group, France.
06-NOV-2005
Crepuscule
Seen here bathing a shed with apricot-golden blooms.
This is an old noisette bred in France & released in 1904
Sweetly fragrant.
06-NOV-2005
La Belle Sultane
aka Gallica Maheca, Violacea
A tall arching shrub with long canes covered in red bristles.
The flowers are followed by red hips
Fragrant.
06-NOV-2005
York & Lancaster
aka Rosa damascena versicolor, Versicolor, York et Lancastre
A lanky lax-growing shrub of branching habit
Armed with sharp hooked thorns.
Very fragrant.
Of historical interest.
06-NOV-2005
Arched walkway of Souv. d.l. Malmaison
A fantastic sight & wonderfully fragrant!
06-NOV-2005
Souvenir de la Malmaison
A close-up of the rose thats featured
on the archway walk.
The most famous and possibly the most beautiful of the Bourbon roses,
was named for Empress Josephine's famous home in Paris.
