Louis XIV - China Rosebush
Creator: Guillot, France, 1859 Flowers: 7cm
Height: 60cm
The color and fragrance of this rose is truly unusual. The intense dark red of its petals astonished Peter Beales, who wrote in his most recent catalogue “the red is so profound that it is almost black”. The scent is also special, sweet and persistent. Louis XIV is a small rose but quite elegant, with an almost continuous flowering in hot climates. In order to enhance its characteristics, it is recommended to plant these rosebushes, small sized, in groups of three to five, in open spaces. Guillot introduce this rose, in China’s market, eight years prior to the production of the first hybrid rosebush tea, the famous La France Rosebush, of a single class. Louis XIV rose is a tribute to the Sun King, allied to beauty and at the same time invoking a great period on French history.
