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.