Creator: Barbier, France, 1921Origin: “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.
