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'Lady Blanche' rose Reviews & Comments
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19 AUG 23 by
 Ritch
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I don't understand why this charming American bred rambler is still unavailable in the country of it's origin. I fell in love with it and several other Walsh ramblers reading Anne
Belovich's book on ramblers and am banging my head up against a brick wall trying to find them. Meanwhile small plants of out of patent David Austens are selling for $200 or more on Ebay. SMH.
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'Lady Blanche' makes a 5' x 5' shrub given enough time. Initial growth is rambler like with long R.wichuraiana type canes, but if these canes are turned in and pruned, over time it will make a nice large shrub to 6' tall and across. It can be useful to give it some support at first such as a split rail fence. I have seen several nice shrubs of 'Lady Blanche' in Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable and Hyannis, MA. While 'Lady Blanche' is "extinct" with respect to commercial availability and public gardens, it certainly graces several homes on Cape Cod.
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Palustris, do you have any photos of 'Lady Blanche' in bud? I am trying to determine the identification of "Jim's Rambler" in Western Australia, which has an elongated truss. A side-on photo of the inflorescence in bud would be most helpful if you have one.
Many thanks.
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Unfortunately, 'Lady Blanche' has finished blooming for this year and I have posted all the photos that I have of it.
It is fairly easy to identify here is a description that you can add to the 'Lady Blanche' description:
Lady Blanche
(1913) R. Wichuriana X R. Multiflora form. Double, pure snow-white slightly cupped, very small, fragrant flowers. This may be one of the very best of shrub roses. It makes a huge shrub at least six feet tall and across; dense and impenetrable. It covers itself in small very double flowers for weeks. It is fairly common on Cape Cod, particularly in the Falmouth area.
I might add to the above description that the new canes turn a sort of purple/brown on the side exposed to the sun and are mostly thorn free. The canes remind me of ayrshire roses, not multiflora. Also note the flowers are very small, cupped and flat topped.
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American Rose Annual 28: 22-24 (1943)
The Walsh Ramblers
R. MARION HATTON
Secretary, American Rose Society
Lady Blanche. (1913) R. Wichuraiana x R. multiflora form. Double. Pure snow-white. The most fragrant Rambler. Repeats in fall.
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