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• Borboniana
• Bourbon Rose
• Le Rosier de l'Île Bourbon
• L'Île de Bourbon Rose
• Rosa borboniana Desp.
• Rosa canina borbonica
• Rosa indica borbonica
• Rosa indica subtaxon borbonica synonym
• Rosa X borboniana N.H.F.Desp.
• Rosa X Bourboniana
• Rose Jacques
• Rosier Bourbon
• Rosier de Bourbon
• Rosier de l'Île de Bourbon

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Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: Bourbon Rose

Bred by Unknown (before 1819).
Introduced in France by Antoine A. Jacques in 1821 as 'L'Île de Bourbon Rose'.

Bourbon, Species Cross.  

Pink.  Strong fragrance.  20 petals.  Medium, semi-double to double bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Upright.  Large, matte, dark green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 6'7" (200cm).  

USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Vigorous.  

Tetraploid

'Rosier de l'Île Bourbon' is 2 seedlings from 5 from hips received from the Île Bourbon (= Réunion). (See Reference of 1841). The hips were almost certainly originating from 'Rose Edouard' which was cultivated there and in Mauritius. The rose cultivated in India as R. borboniana is actually 'Rose Edouard'.