(1995)  Page(s) 152.  
 
Charleston's own contribution to the heritage of roses includes Champneys' Pink Cluster, Isabella Gray, and Fraser's Pink Musk, the latter being developed around 1818 by John Fraser.

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John Champneys exhibited a great interest in roses. Around 1811 he crossed Rosa chinensis (Old Blush) and Rosa moschata, a white musk rose, creating Champneys' Pink Cluster, the first rose to be hybridized in America. Champneys' Pink Cluster is a fragrant, semi-double rose with blooms that are carried in great clusters. While individual flowers are small, about 2 inches in diameter, in mass they create a spectacular display. Cuttings of the original plant were sent to William Prince of the famous Prince Nursery in Flushing, New York. Prince propagated Champneys' Pink Cluster for sale in the north and for distribution to nurserymen in England and France. Champneys also gave cuttings of his new rose to a friend and neighbor, Philippe Noisette, a French botanist and nurseryman who came to Charleston by way of Santo Domingo around 1793. Perceiving the commercial value of this new hybrid, Noisette soon grew plants for sale in the south. Philippe Noisette also sent cuttings of the new rose to his brother Louis, who owned a nursery outside Paris. Louis  began commercial production of the rose, and by 1820, Champneys' Pink Cluster was being widely grown in many parts of Europe. Louis crossed seedlings of Champneys' rose with other roses of the time to produce the class of roses known today as the Noisettes.

(1995)  Page(s) 152.  
 
Charleston's own contribution to the heritage of roses includes Champneys' Pink Cluster, Isabella Gray, and Fraser's Pink Musk, the latter being developed around 1818 by John Fraser.

(1995)  Page(s) 152.  
 
Charleston's own contribution to the heritage of roses includes Champneys' Pink Cluster, Isabella Gray, and Fraser's Pink Musk, the latter being developed around 1818 by John Fraser.