'Comtesse de Lacépède' Rose

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'Comtesse de Lacépède' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Comtesse Lacépède

HMF Ratings:

11 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Hybrid Gallica.

Origin:

Bred by Hippolyte Duval (France, before 1838).
Introduced in France by Victor Verdier et fils in 1840 as 'Comtesse de Lacépède'.
Introduced in Australia by Northampton Nurseries in 1861 as 'Comtesse de Lacépède'.

Class:

Hybrid China, Hybrid Gallica.

Bloom:

White, blush shading. Mild fragrance. Large, very full (41+ petals), flat, rounded bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer. Leafy sepals, long sepals, rounded buds.

Habit:

Well-branched. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 4'11" (150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 7b through 8b. Prune after flowering is finished.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, Comte de Lacépède (December 26, 1756 – October 6, 1825), French naturalist and politician.
Comte Charles de Lacépède from Epinay St. Denis was a member of the Société d'Horticulture de Paris in 1828 (see Annales etc. p. 333).
August-Charles, Comte de Lacépède, became member of the Cercle Général d'Horticulture in 1844.

The San Jose Heritage Rose Garden has a Hybrid China (Duval 1840) by this name in their 2002 Catalogue
'Comtesse de Lacépède' in commerce is often 'Madame Hardy' (if white) and some other unknown hybrid china (if purplish red).- see Comments.