Introduction date should be changed to 1882: Bonnet himself is advertising 24 "strikings" of the rose in question as being available (see Gardeners’ Chronicle, vol. 18, 1882, p. 801).
Breeding year modified, thank you! We have also added several references stating that this rose is 'Zéphirine Drouhin', re-introduced under a new name. What is your opinion on this?
Yes, Sangerhausen's catalogues show difference in height and fragrance - for all its worth. The two roses were planted in the same area 1962-2005, but ZD seems to have been moved by 2011 to the Sondergarten (Special garden). Both roses have been in SGH in 1936. Unfortunately we have no photos of CB.
Lyon-horticole 20: 175 (1898) Una Rosa senza spine. — C'est la Rose Charles Bonnet qui offre cette particularité de n'avoir pas d'épines. Un journal italien dit qu'elle est largement cultivée dans une localité près le Lago Lemano (lac de Genève).
La Rose Charles Bonnet (Bonnet 1885) appartient à la série des Hybrides remontants. Sa fleur est d'un rose tendre nacré, assez grande, odorante, et, parait-il, très remontante — ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas dans la section des Hybrides remontants, dont quelques-uns sont aussi peu remontants que possible.
