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• Louise Cretté
• Mademoiselle L. Cretté

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White, near white or white blend Hybrid Perpetual.
Registration name: Louise Cretté

Bred by César Chambard (France, before 1913).
Introduced in France by C. Chambard in 1915 as 'Mademoiselle Louise Cretté'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in before 1921 as 'Louise Cretté'.

Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Perpetual, Cl..  

White, cream center.  Moderate, apple fragrance.  55 petals.  Average diameter 6.5".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Large, ovoid buds.  

Tall, bushy, climbing, few or no prickles/thorns, upright, well-branched.  Large, dark green foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.  

flowers snow-white, center creamy white, well-formed, 6-7 in., 55 petals, high-centered, moderate fragrance; foliage dark; vigorous, bushy growth