Irene Watts - China Rose

Creator: P. Guillot, France, 1896
Origin: “Mme Laurette Messimy” seed
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 70 cm

The pink salmon flowers are beautiful and appear continuously until the autumn. The shrub, covered with small shiny green foliage, can be planted in pots.

Dainty Bess - Hybrid Tea Rose

Creator: Archer, England, 1925
Origin: “Ophélia” x “Kitchener of Khartoum”
Flowers: 11 cm
Height: 1 metro

When it appeared in the market, this rose was considered to be the most beautiful rose ever produced. The flowers are large, exuding a light fruity scent, adorned of long wavy pale pink petals. The purple stamens are prominent, which contributes decisively to enhance the beauty of the class of Hybrid Tea.
In warm and temperate climates it blooms almost all year round.

Albertine - Hybrid Wichurana Rose

Creator: Barbier, France, 1921
Origin: “R. Wichurana” x Mrs Arthur Robert Waddell”
Flowers: 10 cm
Height: 4,5 m

Still today this is one of the best-selling climbers around the world.
It is a very floriferous rose and spreads easily. This rose produces dark coral buds that open into very fragrant light pink folded flowers, with little disordered thin petals, flowering in groups of three to seven.
The bush is very vigorous and has abundant glossy green foliage. Thanks to its strong thorny branches, this rose is suitable for climbing trees or large shrubs.
Sometimes it needs to be protected against attacks of mildew, in the year in which this disease is to be feared. Reportedly Barbier intended to honor the memory of Marcel Proust (1871-1922), but another rose breeder anticipated him, by assigning the name of this famous writer to one of his creations.
So Barbier decided to name this rose after one of the heroines of the famous novel. "In Search of the Lost Time." Apart from this, Barbier’s family was responsible for one of the most impressive sets of Hybrid Wichurana ever being produced. The "Barbier et Cie" was founded in 1875 and the process of trade expansion was fast and consistent.
Curiously, for several years, Barbier’s were seen by the public as a reputable nursery trade and production of fruit trees, and were not even considered proficient rose breeders, but later turned out to be. In 1890 René Barbier imported the "Rose Whichurana" from the United States and in its first crossings, he proved to be a talented hybridizer, able to produce the “Alberic Barbier”, “Elisa Robichon”, “Francois Foucard","Paul Transon" and" Rene Barbier. " wichuranas roses
The flowers of these new hybrids were generally larger and more dazling than the U.S. roses and had then produced a wider variety of colors. Most climbers produced by Barbier resulted from crossing with tea roses, in particular the "Souvenir de Catherine Guillot" responsible for seven of its most successful wichuranas "Moulla Adelaide", "Alexander Tremouillet", "Edmond Proust" "Guichard", "Leontine Gervais", "Pinson" and "Valentin Beaulieu."
Almost all the roses produced by Barbier still exists today and have excellent qualities: they are lively, flexible, healthy and have a good flowering.

Paul Transon - Hybrid Wichurana Rose

Creator: Barbier, France, 1900
Origin: “Wichurana Rose” x “L’Ideal”
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 5 m

The flowers are medium-sized and folded, disposing of a mix of pinkish salmon and terracotta color reflections in the center, appearing individually or in groups of three to five. " PaulTranson " is not a lush rosebush. Nontheless the foliage is beautiful. Unfortunately it is susceptible to mildew. What makes this rose peculiar is that it sometimes repeats flowering in autumn in regions where the climate is mild.

Princesse Louise - Hybrid Sempervirens Rosebush

Creator: Jacques, França, 1828
Origin: “Sempervirens Rose” x “Parson’s Pink”
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 5 m

Antoine Jacques obtained this rose, as he intended to honor the Princess Louise d'Orleans (1812-1850), the eldest daughter of the Duke of Orleans, and future King Louis-Philippe of France, who married King of the Belgians, Leopold I in 1832.
The red buds of this climber are magnificent and bloom in beautiful white flowers, making quite a contrast, highlighting the subtle beauty of this "sempervirens". The flowers come usually in groups of five to twelve, within its dark green foliage, exuding a sweet musky scent

Cramoisi Supérieur - China Rose

Creator: Coquereau, France, 1832
Flowers: 5 cm
Heigt: 1 m

The flowers are cup-shaped and appear in groups throughout the year. This rose has a magnificent crimson color, the petals have the reverse and the edges of a less intense color, and the same may be said regarding its central petals that have some shades of white.
The effect is undeniably a unique beauty. The scent is light and very pleasant. In hot climates this rose can easily reach one meter in height. The leaves are small, dark green, and are susceptible to attacks from the black spot.
In 1885, a French rose breeder came up with a climber mutation of this rose. Known as "Agrippina", it was a great success in Italy and is under 4 m height.

Jean Sisley - Hybrid Tea Rose

Creator: Bennet, England, 1879
Origin: “Adam” x “Emilie Hansburg”
Flowers: 10 cm
Height: 60 cm

A wonderful and rare rose created by the legendary Henry Bennet. The flowers are folded, quite scented and of a rosy lilac attractive color. The plant has a moderate growth and good foliage, but can be attacked by powdery mildew and black spot when the weather is hot and humid.

Lauré Davoust - Hybrid Sempervirens Rose

Creator: Laffay, France, 1834
Origin: possibly “Sempervirens Rose” x “a Noisette Rose”
Flowers: 3cm
Height: 5 m

This rose is very difficult to classify: for some it is a hybrid of "R. Multiflora ", for others it results from a happy crossing between" R. Sempervirens "and a rose Noisette.
I opt for this last one. But regardless of their genealogy, the truth is that this rose has a unique charm especially during its prolonged flowering. The tiny flowers in perfect pompons, appear in clusters, with a mix of pink and white, very attractive. The bright green foliage is exceptional.
It is unclear who the person who wanted to honor Laffay was, but it may possible to have been a relative of Marshal of the Louis Empire - Nicolas Davout (1770-1823).

Variegata di Bologna - Bourbon Rosebush

Creator: Bonfiglioli, Italy, 1909
Origin: mutation of “Victor Emmanuel”
Flowers: 8 cm
Height: 3 m

The success of the secular 'Variegata di Bologna' is explained mainly due to its exoticism. Its large, globular flowers streaked of a purple-crimson color and quite fragrant, has always caught great attraction among lovers of gardening. Nontheless this is a difficult plant to grow, once it is very susceptible to powdery mildew and black spot, which grows disproportionately
It is undoubtedly a rosebush just to be cultivated by devoted gardeners and in areas with low rainfall in spring.

Sanguínea - China Rose

Creator: Unknown, around 1824
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 1, 25 m

Also known as "Bengal Cramoisi Double", "Blood-red China Rose," "La Sanguine" or "R. indicates bloody ", this China Rose is simple, but specially beautiful. The fragrant flowers of a bright red becomes purple after some time, have broad petals that fold in different ways giving the plant a particular size.
The leaves are small and dark and the flowers give way to small orange fruits. In hot climates this rose can reach 2 meters in height. Its flowering is continuous.

Britannia - Polianta Rose

Creator: Burbage, England, 1929
Flowers: 3 cm
Height: 60 cm

Quite imposing and full of energy, this rose provides a permanent "festival" of color and joy to the garden. The flowers, are of a simple red, with a white center and appear in multiple groups of thirty to forty year round.

Antoine d’Ormois - Gallica Rose

Creator: Vibert, France, 1835
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 1, 5 m

The flowers of this rose have a subtle special pink color, one of the most beautiful I know. This rose is darker in the center of the flower and gradually evolves into a lighter color with reflections of white outer petals. The flowers are very bent, however ending up in an almost flat profiling. It is definitely not one of the most known gallicas. It is not even a lush plant. Flowering is delayed. And the flowers usually appear alone.
However and in spite of not having an exuberant character, this rose has a special distinction, able to satisfy the real connoisseurs

Victor Emmanuel - Bourbon Rose

Creator: Guillot Pére, France, 1859
Flowers: 9 cm
Height: 90 cm

Although this isn’t a vigorous rose, its flowers are of a beautiful crimson color and quite folded.
This is a rare Bourbon, with some affinities to the “Variegata di Bologna”
Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) was the first king of Italy.

R. Rugosa Rubra - Wrinkled Rose

Origin: Japan
Flowers: 10 cm
Height: 2 m

Also known as "R. Rugosa Atropurpurea" this rose produces beautiful ruby flowers, where the bright yellow stamens stand out. It blooms throughout spring and summer. On the threshold of autumn, one can easily highlight its orange reddish fruits. The foliage is similar to the "R. Rugosa".

Madame Edith Helen - Hybrid Tea Rose

Creator: Dickson, Ireland, 1926
Origin: seed of a “Mrs. John Laing”
Flowers: 12 cm
Height: 1, 5 m

After its introduction, and for some years, this rose was the favorite of the exhibitions. The flowers, quite fragrant, are filled with numerous petals of a bright pink color and the bush is vigorous and compact, disposing of healthy thorny foliage that is rarely attacked by mildew. Madame Edith Helen (1879-1959), the Marchioness of Londonderry, was responsible for the creation of the gardens of Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland.

Nur Mahal - Hybrid Musk Rose

Creator: Pemberton, Great Britain, 1923
Origin: “Château de Clos Vougeot” x a seed of a Hybrid Musk Rose
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 3 m

This is another high quality rose created by the Rev. Joseph Pemberton, that can be used as a shrub or as a small climber. Quite imposing, this rose disposes of semi folded flowers and has a spices fragrance. These roses are bright red enhanced by golden stamens and a white center, with clearer lists on the reverse of the petals. The flowers appear in groups of ten to twenty-five against a backdrop of dense bright green foliage.
"Nur Mahal" is a tribute from Pemberton to the powerful woman of India´s Emperor Jahangir, to whom legend attributed the discovery of the famous " rose smell."

Miranda - Portland Rose

Creator: Arthur of Sansal, France, 1869
Height: 1, 5 m

Here is a "Portland" increasingly difficult to find.
Its flowers are large, folded, cup shaped and of a glossy pink color that appear in profusion in spring. Sometimes they can bloom again in late summer, but the flowers can not stand the rain and humidity. The foliage is bright green.

Canary Bird - Hybrid Xanthine Rosebush

Origin: Probably: “Hugonis Rose” x “Xanthine Rose”
Flowers: 5 cm
Height: 2 m

This is one of the first roses to bloom at the beginning of April. The flowering lasts about thirty days and is spectacular, despite the simplicity of the flowers of five petals, slightly fragrant, in a bright canary yellow.
The branches are dark and the leaves are small.
This is an elegant shrub that does not require special care.

Mary Wallace - Hybrid Wichurana Rose

Creator: Van Fleet, US, 1924
Origin: “Wichurana Rose” x “Hybrid Tea Rose”
Flowers: 8 cm
Height: 5 m

This climber, which was marketed by the "American Rose Society", produces large flowers, semi folded of a bright pink color. Unfortunately the flowers have a tendency to lean on their own weight, which takes away part of its beauty.
The leaves are bright green and quite resistance to diseases.

Mutabilis - China Rosebush

Origin: Italy, around 1900
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 2 m

This rosebush is still widely grown in Italy. It was introduced by Henri Corrévon, a Swiss rose breeder, who called it "Ideale type".
This rose is suitable for hot and temperate climates where it never stops blooming. The flowers change color in a surprising way: first, yellow and orange suede, then pink, fainting into purple later on. The petals, very elegant, assume multifaceted contours, equally gracious.
"Utabilis" can be grown as a bush or a creeper. In some regions in Italy, it is used as a hedge as well.

Russelliana - Hybrid Multiflora Rosebush

Creator: Cormack & Sinclair, England, 1826
Flowers: 5,5 cm
Height: 4 m

This rose, rambler type, produces small flowers that color varies between a strong purple and a mauve pink color, which differs as they bloom. Individually the small flowers are not pretty, but as they come in large groups and open almost simultaneously, the mass effect they produce is truly spectacular. It is a "rambler" quite floriferous, ideal for a pergola or an arc, which blossom last only four weeks, stands out in any garden.

Common Moss - Moss Rose

Origin: France, around 1700
Flowers: 9 cm
Height: 1, 2 m

This is the moss rose that was highly cultivated in the 18th century and was able to resist the weather. It is an erect and dense shrub, with medium green size leaves, slightly serrated. The flowers appear in late spring, with a rich pink color, being very folded and fragrant, with the bowls and flower stalks exhaling a fragrant moss scent.

Minnehaha - Hybrid Wichurana Rose

Creator: Walsh, US, 1905
Origin: Wichurana Rose x “Paul Neyron”
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 4 m

This rose is a true show of color and joy. The small rosy red, flowers are fragrant and quite folded, coming in stunning bunches. The small dark green leaves, typical of wichuranas, contribute to enhance the exuberance of flowering. It is a fast growing sarmentosa that can reach 4m height in one year.

Duke of York -  China Rose

Creator: Paul, England, 1894
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 90 cm

In hot or temperate climates this rose produces flowers continuously, being a shame that it is not better known.
The flowers are fragrant, quite folded into four distinct sections and it has a subtle color, a mix of rosy red color and white. This rose can be planted in a pot of medium size.

Talisman - Hybrid Tea Rose

Creator: Montgomery, US, 1929
Origin: “Ophelia” x “Souvenir de Claudius Pernet”
Flowers: 9 cm
Height: 1,25 m

Introduced in 1929, this rose was certainly one of the most widely grown roses in the world, in the 30´s of last century. About forty mutations of "Talisman" were extensively marketed either as plants or as garden roses. "Talisman" was much appreciated by rose breeders and florists, for its regular abundant flowering that flourishes until the end of autumn. The beautiful double flowers are of a unique yellow-orange color, quite elegant and fragrant, blooming singly in the end of the wide branches, covered by medium green foliage.
As matter of fact, one can say that this rose is “predictable and reliable”, hence its commercial success in the past.

Arethusa - China Rose

Creator: Paul, England, 1903
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 60 cm

The yellowish apricot flowers of this dazzling rose are very attractive. The foliage is shiny and healthy. Ideal for a border or a small pot, without requiring much attention or special treatment.
Arethusa is a famous fountain of the island of Ortigia, near Syracuse. Legend has it that Arethusa, nymph of Diana, one day as she was bathing in the waters of Alpheus River, was chased by the god of the river to the island of Ortigia. She then asked the help of Diana, who turned her into a fountain.
As the waters run and never mixed with the river, people assumed that Arethusa had the power to retain her purity, even across the muddy waters.

Cameo - Polianta Rosebush

Creator: De Ruiter, Netherlands, 1932
Origin: mutation of “Orléans Rose”
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 40 cm

This compact and low bush was very popular since its introduction up to the Second Word War. Its flowers are semi double, rosette-shaped, bearing a peculiar mix of salmon, coral and orange color.

Duarte de Oliveira - Noisette Rose

Creator: Brassac, France, 1879
Origin: “Ophirie” x “Reve d’ Or”
Flowers: 8 cm
Height: 3,5 m

It's a lot of plant category, not exuberant. In my rose garden it has grown over a pillar and the blossoms pink salmon color with reflections of yellow and coral, are of medium size, very similar to tea roses, appearing isolated or in small groups that emanate a pleasant smell.
It disposes of narrow leaves, thus being quite sensitivity to rain and humidity, hence only being able to demonstrate its full potential in the mid summer, when the weather is drier.

Madeleine Selzer - Hybrid Multiflora Rose

Creator: Walter, France, 1926
Origin: “Tausendschön” x “Mrs Aaron Ward”
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 4 m

Walter Ludwig, a native of Alsace, was an amateur rose breeder that worked all his life at the Post Office. As a big fan of roses, he had a key role in what concerns creating the famous rose garden of Saverne, completed in 1900, and remained ahead of the "Société des Amis des Roses d'Alsace" until his death during the Second World War.
Throughout his life, Walter created some other roses but interest but only 'Madeleine Selzer' was introduced into the trade. The double flowers, slightly fragrant, blossom in a lemon yellowish shade and later evolve into a pure white color. The petals are very thin and delicate. Nonetheless this rose is quite resistant, having a lush single bloom. Still today it is considered to be one of the best multiflora roses.

Baltimore Belle - Hybrid Setigera Rose

Creator: Feast, US, 1843
Origem: “Setigera Rose” x “a Noisette Rose”
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 4 m

According to the chronicles of that time, the "beautiful" Baltimore was the single daughter of an important shipping man from this port city. Being very beautiful and cultured, she won the heart of Napoleon's brother Jerome, to whom she married despite the opposition of the powerful Emperor. After a few months of marriage, Jerome divorced his beautiful wife and returned to France to marry Catherine of Württemberg and ultimately become King of Westphalia.
Baltimore Belle rose presents the healthy and shiny foliage of the "setigeras”, where the semi folded flowers, light rose-colored fading into white, appear in groups.
In spite of having a fast and robust plant growth, the flowering take a bit longer and it blooms only once.

Blush Rambler - Hybrid Multiflora Rose

Creator: Cant, England, 1903
Origin: “Turner’s Crimson Rambler” x “The Garland”
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 8 m

B. R. Cant produced this beautiful "rambler" in the early years of the 20th century and it quickly became a reference rose in the English country houses. Today is very little grown, but continues to be a popular rose with its large well-formed bunches of flowers, pink reddish color that stand out due to its great exuberance through dense bright green foliage.

Pink Prosperity - Hybrid Musk Rose

 

Creator: Bentall, England, 1931
Origin: “Prosperity” x unkown rose
Flowers: 5 cm
Height: 1, 75 m

This rose has small folded flowers, quite scented, with numerous rosy light petals that flourish throughout the year up till autumn in showy clusters.
The foliage is dark and the shrub itself is very thorny but slightly arched.

Mrs. F.W. Flight - Hybrid Multifora Rosebush

Creator: Flight, introduced by Cutbush, England, 1906
Origin: “Turner’s Crimson Rambler” x “The Garland”
Flowers: 5 cm
Height: Up to 9m

This climber is very vigorous and exuberant. However its growth must be controlled. It blossoms only once with an extraordinary spectacle of light and color that should be appreciated at a distance. The small semi folded flowers are pinkish and they come in large clusters. As for the foliage this one is pale green but dense, typical the multiflora roses.

White Wings - Hybrid Tea Rosebush

Creator: Krebs, US, 1947
Origin: “Dainty Bess” x unknown rose
Flowers: 8 cm
Height: 1 m

The buttons are quite long and pointed. The flowers of a simple beauty are pure white, revealing prominent brown chocolate stamens. The bush is firm and has green mate foliage. Just as the "Dainty Bess", this is without a doubt a unique rose. 

Mme Legras of St. Germain - Alba Rosebush

Origin: Franca, around 1846
Flowers: 9 cm
Height: 2,5 m

This is a very ancient and mysterious rose. The leaves are grayish green and the flowers of ivory white, are very fragrant, pompom shaped. The branches are broad and flexible as it is very vigorous and can be used as a climber of medium size.

New Dawn - Hybrid Wichurana Rose

Creator: Dreer, US, 1930
Origin: Mutation of “Dr. W. Van Fleet
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 4 m

This rose was the first to be registered in the official records book and is currently one of the most cultivated worldwide. Its flowers are delicate, disposing of a beautiful shape and subtle colors, pink with white coral reflexes, rivaling those of Dr. Van Fleet ", and as this is a vigorous rose, it endures the cold quite well. The big difference lies in its remnant character. The modern climbing roses owe much to the New Dawn.
The crossing with the Hybrid Tea, conveyed them the flowering capacity and the resistance to adverse climates.

Eugene Broener, who worked for “Jackson & Perkins”, obtained remarkable results from the "New Dawn": the unforgettable and popular "Aloha," "Coral Dawn," "Parade" and Pink Cloud.

Petite Lisette - Damask Rose

Creator: Vibert, France, 1817
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 1,25 m

This rose was introduced by Jean-Pierre Vibert, a badly wounded soldier of Napoleon's campaign in Italy that later would became one of the largest rose breeders in France with the creation of some six hundred new Hybrids.
The greenish gray foliage, the rosy red rosette shaped flowers, with small but strong petals and its sweet perfume, are more than enough reasons for "Petite Lisette" to carry on maintaining an enviable popularity among old roses collectors. As the name indicates is an ideal plant for small gardens or in front of a border.

Multiflora Var Adenochaeta Rose - Hybrid Multiflora Rosebush

Origin: China; Hubei, Gansu, Yunnan e Sichuan regions
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 5 m

This beautiful, vigorous and healthy climber has a ravishing flowering. The flowers, larger than those of R. Multiflora, bloom in very bright hot pink color with white reflections at the base of the petals, and appear in large clusters, dense and compact, producing a truly amazing effect. The branches, well covered by beautiful foliage, are flexible and adapt very well to a pergola or a bow. This rose is not known by many, but is arguably one of the most exciting climbers I know. 

Felicite and Perpetue - Hybrid Sempervirens Rosebush

Creator: Jacques, France, 1828
Origin: SempervirensRosebush x “Old Blush”
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 5 m

This beautiful and vigorous rose, is the most popular hybrids of Sempervirens, produced by Jacques Antoine. The flowers are of a pink color when they open that later on go into a mix of ivory and pure white. The petals are small and numerous, and arranged in a rosette form, around a heart button, which gives each flower a nearly perfectly shape. The flowers appear in large groups of twenty and forty, among the small dark leaves. The scent is musky. The strong but flexible branches are covered with large thorns and are ideal to develop into arcs or pergolas
People often think that the word "perpetual" means continuous flowering. But this is not true, especially since this "Sempervirens" is a unique flowering rosebush. What Jacques Antoine intended to invoke was two saints of early Christianity, Vivia Perpetua and Felicitas, her black slave, who lived in Carthage, then territory dominated by Rome that were martyred in the year 203.

Marshal Neil - Noisette Rose

Creator: Pradel, France, 1864
Origin: “Chromatella” x unkown rose
Flowers: 11 cm
Height: 4 m

This is a rose that grows favorably in hot, dry climates. The flowers are folded, with numerous petals and the color can range from peach to yellow-lemon. The fragrance is very pleasant. The leaves are pale green and the plant is vigorous, with robust spines boasting in a deep red color. In spite of being imposing, this rose is susceptible to attacks of mildew and black spot. Neil Adolphe (1802-1869) was a French marshal and Minister of War during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III. In 1859 he won the Austrian armies in Solferino and Magenta.

Petite Françoise - Polianta Rose

Creator: Gravereau, France, 1915
Flowers: 5 cm
Height: 50 cm

This is a very rare small Polianta that is always covered with very small folded flowers, tucked in the form of pompons, in a fresh and bright pink color. The foliage is healthy and can be grown in pots, borders and flower beds on terraces and small windows.

Gloire Des Mousseux - Moss Ross

Creator: Laffay, France, 1852
Flowers: 12 cm
Height: 1, 5 m

The large flowers, very fragrant, with a very beautiful layout, put this rose in a very particular category. The buds, sepals and receptacles are covered with a quite fragrant bright green moss. The flowers when open are quite folded and of a superb pink color. Flowering is unique, but abundant in late spring.

Lamarque - Noisette Rose

Creator:  Marechal, Franca, 1830
Origin: “Blush Noisette” x “Parks yellow”
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 5 to 8 m

It was an amateur rose breeder, Marshall, who created this rose in a planter at the window of his house in Angers, France. Back then he was still far from Knowing that this hybrid would become one of history's most famous climbing roses. It is a very vigorous plant, which once well adapted and in hot weather can reach over 8m height. The flowers are medium sized, with a lemony yellow center, small petals, and exude a mild and sweet fragrance. They appear in groups of three to four. It has almost no thorns and the leaves are of a very attractive glossy green. Its growth is fast and is ideal for a pergola or a bow.
Also known as "The Marshal" the name of this rose invokes the famous General Napoleon's Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770-1832). Controversial, after the fall of Bonaparte, he became a member of the French parliament, where he distinguished himself as one of the most active members of the "left" faction, calling for the permanent suspension of the monarchy.
Lamarque embraced a military career in 1791 and in a few years rose to the rank of general. In Italy, he led one of six armies that were under the overall command of Napoleon's adopted son, Eugène de Beauharnais. When Napoleon was exiled to Elba in 1814, Lamarque remained loyal to the Emperor, returning to his service during the "Hundred Days", where he commanded a division of ten thousand men. After the battle of Waterloo he went into exile, returning to France in 1818 where he began a controversial political career. In 1828 he was elected to the House of Representatives, representing Landes. He led the most radical faction of the parliament in 1832 and his death triggered on 5 and 6 June, a series of riots and barricades in the streets of Paris. This revolt, which Victor Hugo alludes in the "Les Miserables", was violently repressed by the National Guard, resulting in hundreds of deaths.

Veilchenblau - Hybrid Multiflora Rose

Creator: Schmidt, Germany, 1909
Origin: “Crimson Rambler” x “Souvenir de Brod”
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 4, 5 m

Although being called "The Blue Rose.", their flowers are not blue. They are, of a bluish violet color, streaked with white in the center. The golden stamens enhance the beauty of its small flowers, semi folded, cup-shaped and fragrant that appears in great profusion.
The almost fallen branches, together with its pointed large bright green leaves, further enhance the beauty of this rose which should grow on a pergola or next to another rosebush of white flowers.

Windermere - Hybrid Wichurana Rosebush

Creator: Chaplin, England, 1932
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 3 m

This climber originated in England, in 1932, by the hands of Chaplin Bros and has been commercialized ever since.
Its flowers are of a dark pink color, slightly fragrant and come in small groups of three to eight. The foliage is dense and of a strong green.

Sophie’s Perpetual - Roseira da China Rosebush

Origin: France, 1860
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 1,5 m

Here is a beautiful rosebush, which blooms very bent, has a beautiful color contrast between the light pink petals and bright purple interior of the outer petals.
Disposing of a musky scent, the flowers appear continuously in groups of three to seven. This rose was discovered by Humphrey Brook in his garden in Lime Kiln.
Without ever revealing the true identity of this rose, Humphrey decided to give its name, after his wife, the Countess Sophie Beckendorff, aunt, the widow of the last Tsar's ambassador in London.

Old Blush - China Rosebush

Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 1 m

Also known by the names of "Pallida", “Pink Monthly Rose'”, “Common Monthly” or “Parson's Pink China", this rose has been cultivated in China for over a thousand years, and based on its imposing character, this rose had a role in what comes down to the development of the modern roses.
It was introduced in the West around 1750 and since then it has been crossed with European roses, particularly those of Damascus and Gallicas. It is also one of the ancestors of the Bourbons, the Tea Roses and Hybrid Perpetual.
It is an excellent garden plant. The semi-double flowers, pink-colored, comes in clusters, in great profusion, and its height sometimes exceeds one meter, disposing of a subtle mild scent. Its flowers often give place to small red fruits. The branches are thorny and the foliage is bright green.
In hot or temperate weather it blooms continuously.
A few years ago I was fortunate to acquire the flux of this rose, the "Climbing Old Blush 'and found that it is one of the best climbing plants for temperate areas. The flowers are slightly larger than the shrub form and appear in groups of two to six. It has a continuous flowering and early and easily reaches a height of five meters. Its branches are flexible and malleable and are ideal for a bow. Unfortunately no one knows when or where it came from. The only thing one can be certain of, is that this is an “old rose” that deserves wider divulgation.

Albéric Barbier - Hybrid Wichurana Rosebush

Creator: Barbier, France, 1900

Origin: “R. Wichurana” x “Shirley Hibberd”

Flowers: 8 cm
Height: 7 m

This is a rose ideal for covering a wall, a tree, a pergola, or a bow.

In temperate regions, this rose reaches considerable dimensions. The yellow buds, bloom from white semi folded flowers with a pale yellowish center.

The scent is musky and the foliage is of a glossy dark green.

Astra Desmond - Hybrid Multiflora Rose

Creator: Flight, introduced by Curbush, 1906
Origin: “Turner’s Crimson Rambler” x “The Garland”
Flowers: 5 cm
Height: 3,5 m

It is a vigorous and healthy plant with a single flowering which usually occurs in early summer. The flowers are semi folded and of a creamy white color and appear in great profusion. Astra Desmond was a famous opera singer of the second half of the nineteenth century.

Apple Blossom - Hybrid  Multiflora Rose

Creator: Dawson, US, 1890
Origin: “Dawson” x Multiflora Rose
Flowers: 4 cm
Height: 4 metros

This hybrid was marketed in 1932 by "Stark Bros". Its creator was an eminent man, Jackson Thornton Dawson, now unjustly forgotten. It was the first American to produce new climbers from the Multiflora Rose and the first to create new hybrids from R. Wichurana.
Apple Blossom Flowers are semi folded, pink color with its center white, and come in small groups, boasting the very undulating and ruffled petals, giving the plant a unique character. The branches are flexible, short and well covered with thorny foliage, thus being Ideal for a pergola.