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'Souvenir de Thérèse Levet' rose References
Book (Dec 2000) Page(s) 311. Souvenir de Thérèse Levet Tea. Antoine Levet [père] (Lyon, France) 1882
Book (Dec 1998) Page(s) 560. Includes photo(s). Souvenir de Thérèse Lovet Tea. Levet (France) 1886. 'Adam' x 'Safrano à Fleurs Rouges'... crimson... This rose needs a hot climate. It is very popular in Australia.
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 568. Souv. de Thérèse Lovet Tea (Old Garden Rose), dark red, 1886, 'Adam' x Seedling; Lovet, A.
Magazine (1981) Page(s) 4. Vol 3, No. 4. Just recently Heather [Rumsey] found a new mine for her treasures - Sangerhausen Rosarium in East Germany. This years batch of new 'oldies' included the following Teas: Archduc Joseph, Princesse de Sagan, Grace Darling, Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d'Therese Levet, The Bride, General Schablikine.
Book (1953) Page(s) 38. S.B. Watkins. Fifty Years of Roses in Queensland. I could scarcely list all the Tea roses which graced the early Brisbane gardens. They were many and varied but the only really red varieties were Francois Dubreuil and Souvenir de Therese Levet. Both produced medium sized well shaped blooms in abundance, but they lacked perfume….
Book (1936) Page(s) 418. Levet, Souv. de Thérèse (tea) Levet 1886; Adam X ? ; poppy-red, shaded purple, base yellow, medium to large, 3/4-full, broad, flat cup form, lasting, solitary or up to 3, fragrance 6/10, growth 5/10, well-branched.
Article (newspaper) (17 Jun 1933) Page(s) 7. OLD-DAY TEA ROSES. [...] Therese Levet, rich sooty crimson in the hottest of weather.
Article (newspaper) (29 Dec 1931) Page(s) 5. The rose-growers who pushed our old crimson Therese Levet off the map have done a wrong thing, for all through the summer Levet stands alone, We "old" fanciers must fight for our good friends. Those who sell things sometimes lead us astray. If Etoile de Hollande is as useful at 40 as is Therese Levet she will be made welcome.
Article (newspaper) (28 Feb 1931) Page(s) 6. Roses for Amateur Growers. By "Redgum." No old red rose in the world is better worth a place in the warm gardens of the coastline than Therese Levet, a tea that has been working for over 30 years and is still capable of producing flowers fit for any home table. We have neglected Therese too long. Not many of the new-day growers know her worth.
Article (newspaper) (1 Jun 1929) Page(s) 23. When roses have made large bushes the same lower limbs remain year after year. The new growths are all at the top. It is among these that the thinning out and shortening back has to be done. Souvenir de Thérèse Levet is a rose of this description. It forms a large bush, on strong stems, with a great deal of small wood on top. When pruning a lot of this small wood must be cut away, otherwise you will have a great many insignificant flowers on short stems. All vigorous growing varieties, such as Maman Cochet, W. R. Smith, Souvenir de Thérèse Levet, and Madame Christine de Noue should be allowed to form bushes about 5ft. high, and when developed should not be very heavily pruned. The thinning out of crowded and thin growths and shortening back any straggling branches is all that is necessary, unless blooms are required for exhibition purposes, when very much harder pruning will require to be done.
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