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• Rosemary Viaud

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Mauve or mauve blend Hybrid Multiflora.
Registration name: Rose-Marie Viaud (Rambler, Igoult, 1924)
Exhibition name: Rose-Marie Viaud

Bred by M. Igoult (France, 1924).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1926 as 'Rosemary Viaud'.

Climber, Hybrid Multiflora, Polyantha, Cl., Rambler.  

Purple - violet.  Mild, fruity fragrance.  10 to 20 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, semi-double to double bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Climbing.  

Height: 12' to 15' (365 to 455cm).  Width: up to 6' (up to 185cm).

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

Dedicated to Rose.Marie Viaud (née Bruant), daughter of the nurseryman Georges Bruant and wife of his successor Jen Viaud-Bruant.

Mike Lowe of Lowe's Roses says this is the best of the lavender Ramblers....
One of the Roses that "passed the test" in Longwood Garden's Ten-Year Rose Trials.