This is the most famous and possibly the most beautiful of the Bourbon Roses
and was named for Empress Josephine's famous home in Paris.
Dating from 1843 and bred in France there is a climbing sport dating
from 1938, the year I was born and this version is quite popular and
grown over archways in many gardens. Unfortunately the blooms ball
in wet climates... luckily mine has flowered between heavy rainfalls that
we've been lucky to have this summer.