Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Pink blend
Rebloom: None
Class: Bourbon
Growth Habit: Tall, 6-15 feet
Fragrance: Strong
Misc: Shade tolerant
Hybridizer & year: Mauget, 1834
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: Up to 15 feet
Plant Spread: Up to 10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Unknown

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Bourbon Queen'
  • 'Queen of the Bourbons'
  • 'Reine de l'Isle Bourbon'
  • 'Shakespeare'
  • 'Souvenir de la Princesse de Lamballe'

Common names
  • Rose

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photo credit: A. Barra
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Uploaded by Swamprose
Location: Rosarium Meldorf, Germany.
Location: Rosarium Meldorf, Germany.
Location: Germany. Rosarium Vorder-Neuendorf

Date: 2009-11-05
Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.
Location: Germany, Labenz. Rosenpark "Lost Beauties".
Location: Germany. Rosarium Vorder-Neuendorf
Location: Germany, Labenz. Rosenpark "Lost Beauties".
Location: Germany, Labenz. Rosenpark "Lost Beauties".
Location: Rosarium Meldorf, Germany.
Location: Rosarium Meldorf, Germany.
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 7:46 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "This beautiful shrub is characterized by cupped rose pink flowers, with mauve veining, that are smaller than most Bourbons, but very fragrant. The bush is large and quite sturdy, and would make an admirable pegged rose or hedge. ‘Queen of Bourbons’ blooms for us in both spring and fall, and has a good crop of rose hips to follow the flowers."

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