'Enfant de France' Rose

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'Enfant de France' rose Description

My HMF:

'Enfant de France (gallica, syn. 'Roi de Rome')' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Samuel

Synonyms:

• Grand-Dauphin
• Roi de Rome (gallica, syn. 'Enfant de France').

HMF Ratings:

22 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink.

Origin:

Bred by Unknown Belgian breeder(s) (Belgium, before 1817).

Class:

Gallica / Provins.

Bloom:

Light pink. Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), expanded , rosette bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 8b.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seedling of De Nancy (centifolia)

Notes:

This rose is attributed to Prévost by Boîtard, but Prévost himself does not list it as his own. It is very probably an older cultivar. 'Roi de Rome' as a synonym of 'Nouveau Triomphe' as mentioned by Boitard and others, is based on a statement of Prévost, who was actually listing mislabeled roses he had received.
Napoléon François Charles Joseph Napoléon (1811-1832), son of Napoléon, was proclaimed "Roi de Rome" at his birth, was briefly French emperor Napoléon II, and became Duc de Reichstadt from 1818 onwards.