Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison'
| Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' | |
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| Genus | Rosa hybrid |
| Hybrid parentage | 'Mme Desprez' × a tea rose |
| Cultivar group | Bourbon |
| Cultivar | 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' |
| Marketing names | Queen Of Beauty And Fragrance[1] |
| Origin | Béluze, 1843[2] |
Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' is a rose cultivar with large, very pale pink flowers that open flat.[2] The Bourbon rose was created in 1843 by Lyon rose breeder Jean Béluze, who named it after the Château de Malmaison, where Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814) had created a magnificent rose garden. It is probably a cross between 'Mme Desprez' and 'Devoniensis'.[3]
The flowers are quartered and very filled and appear in clusters.[4] They have a moderately strong tea-rose fragrance.[1] Because the flowers are quite solid, they may rot in damp weather.[2]
'Souvenir de la Malmaison' has few thorns and grows to between 1 and 2 metres (3.3 and 6.6 ft) high and about 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide. The light green leaves are large and glossy. The plant has a reputation for lack of winter hardiness (USDA zone 6)[4] and for responding poorly to pruning. In colder, rainier climates, the cultivar can be susceptible to mildew and black spot.[3]
Rose Hall of Fame
[edit]In 1988, 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' was added to the Old Rose Hall of Fame by the World Federation of Rose Societies.
Sports and hybrid offspring
[edit]There are five known extant sports: the climber 'Climbing Souvenir de la Malmaison' (Bennett, 1893), the pink form 'Capitaine Dyel de Graville' (Boutigne, 1905[5]), a lighter pink sport with scooped petals 'Mme Cornelissen' (Cornelissen, pre-1864[6]) the white sport 'Kronprinzessin Viktoria' (Volvert, 1887), named after the oldest daughter (1840–1901) of Queen Victoria, and 'Souvenir de St Anne's (Hilling, 1950), a semi-double white rose with yellow stamens that had originated in a garden at St Anne's, Clontarf, Dublin.[2][3]
One of the most famous descendants of 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' is 'Gloire de Dijon' (Jacotot, 1850).
References
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- ^ a b "Souvenir de la Malmaison". HelpMeFind.com Roses. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- ^ a b c d Roger Phillips; Martyn Rix (2004). The Ultimate Guide to Roses. Pan Macmillan Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 1-4050-4920-0.
- ^ a b c Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson (2010). Rosen - die große Enzyklopädie [RHS Encyclopedia of Roses] (in German). Dorling Kindersley. p. 130. ISBN 978-3-8310-1734-8.
- ^ a b Meile, Christine; Karl, Udo (2008). Alte Rosen - alte Zeiten [Old Roses - old times] (in German). Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag. p. 178. ISBN 978-3-89639-636-5.
- ^ "'Capitaine Dyel de Graville' Rose".
- ^ "'Madame Cornélissen' Rose".
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