'Souvenir de Dumont-d'Urville' Rose

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'Souvenir de Dumont-d'Urville' rose Description

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Origin:

Bred by Charles-Denis Souchet (France, before 1842).
Introduced in France by Victor Verdier et fils in 1843 as 'Souvenir de Dumont-d'Urville'.

Class:

Bourbon.

Bloom:

Cerise, ages to violet-red . Average diameter 2.25". Medium, full (26-40 petals), globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Leafy sepals buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles. Large foliage. 5 leaflets.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seedling of Duc de Reichstadt (bourbon, Souchet, pre 1840)

Notes:

Honouring Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville (May 23, 1790 Condé-sur-Noireau, Normandie - May 8, 1842 Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine), French admiral and discoverer in the Pacific and Antarctica, died on May 8, 1842 in a train accident near Versailles, together with his wife and his son, alongside with 52 other victims.