Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Other: Button eye
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Rebloom: Good
Class: Other: Climbing Bourbon
Growth Habit: Typically 4-8 feet tall
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Discovered by Marie-Louise Schwartz, 1888
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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)
Plant Height: 4-8 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Sport of: Madame Isaac Pereire

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Madame Ernest Calvat'
  • 'Pink Bourbon'
  • 'Madame Ernst Calvat'

Common names
  • Rose

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Uploaded by MGKing

photo credit: Kurt Stüber

Date: 2009-11-05
Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 12:16 PM concerning plant:
    A pale lavender pink sport of Mme. Isaac Pereire.

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