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'Mère gigogne' rose Description
Photo courtesy of jedmar
HMF Ratings:
86 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
Class:
Centifolia, Hybrid Gallica.
Bloom:
Deep pink. Proliferating blooms and foliaceaus sepals. Strong fragrance. Double (17-25 petals), full (26-40 petals), globular, open bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer. Leafy sepals, long sepals buds.
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, upright. 5 leaflets.
Height: up to 6' (up to 185cm). Width: up to 5' (up to 150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood.. Prune after flowering is finished.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Source: L'Haÿ-les-roses Label The original rose had up to a dozen bud proliferations in the bloom. A hybrid centifolia. See also the gallica and china 'Mère Gigogne'.
[According to the "Universal Etymological English Dictionary" of Nathan Bailey (1737):] Childing (among Botanists) is a Term used of Plants, when the Offspring exceeds the Number of the Kind, as Childing Daisies. Also: "Childing is an old term in botany, when a small flower grows out of a large one" (1813) [= Proliferation]]
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