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'Roi des Pourpres' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Museo Giardino della Rosa Antica
HMF Ratings:
65 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
Origin:
Discovered by Swales (Belgium, before 1830).
Class:
Damask, Damask Perpetual, Hybrid China, Portland.
Bloom:
Crimson, purple shading. . Strong fragrance. Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.
Habit:
Well-branched.
Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm). Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
'Rose du Roi à fleurs pourpres' in commerce may be several roses of different origins - see References.
Mike Lowe says this rose is a Damask...
The parentage is disputed. The breeding year is ca. 1845 based on Prince and Rivers. The date of 1819 mentioned in most literature is due to a confusion with an earlier Gallica by Descemet called 'Roi des Pourpres' - see.
Prince distinguishes between 'Du Roi pourpre' and 'Mogador/Crimson superbe'.
'Bernard Mayador', mentioned at L'Haÿ in 1902, and in Sangerhausen in 1936 and 1962 is a misspelling of Bernard Mogador' - references listed here under 'Mogador'
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