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'Belle de Crécy' rose References
Book (1993) Page(s) 22, 25. Includes photo(s).
Page 22: [Photo]
Page 25: Bred prior to 1848.
Book (Jun 1992) Page(s) 112.
Belle de Crécy
Hybrid China; usually construed a Gallica
Hardy/Roeser, 1829
... purple-black... Flowers red, shaded with velvety p[e]uce, changing to dark slate soon after opening, exhibiting flowers of different characters at the same time... a green eye in the center... numerous thorns...
Book (1992) Page(s) 120.
Named for Madame de Pompadour and reportedly was grown in her garden at Crécy. [romantic, but incorrect; actually, the breeder Roeser had his garden in Crécy].
Book (1992) Page(s) 325. Includes photo(s).
Lists raiser as Rosner, prior to 1829. Flowers: 3- to 4-inches, double. 4- to 5-feet high. Because the stems are weak, the weight of the flowers makes it necessary to support the plant.
Book (1992) Page(s) 16.
Gallica shrub; deep pink, turning purple; blooms of medium size, double; opening flat, quartered; not remontant; growth bushy, 48 x 36 in (120 x 90 cm); grey-green foliage, smooth stems; good scent. Introduced by Roesier before 1829? OGR
Book (1991) Page(s) 83.
wine-red, fragrant, extremely double, with hundreds of petals crowded around a tiny green 'eye' - almost thornless, upright (4 x 3 ft) can be grown in a container or as a hedge (known since 1829)
Book (1991) Page(s) 139.
Height: 4 ft. Spread: 3 ft. Gallica. Nearly thornless, with lax but strong arching stems. Flowers: fragrant, fully double, purple-red maturing to a soft parma-violet with button eyes.
Book (1989) Page(s) 180.
Gallica, floppy, 4 x 3 ft. Double flowers, starting strong pink and fading through violet to soft mauve-grey.
Book (1988) Page(s) 41.
Belle de Crécy. A Gallica of lax growth up to 1.3 m. The well-scented flowers open bright pink and soon fade in the sun to pale violet. Known since 1848, and possibly named after the Chateau de Crecy, near Dreux, the first of many houses embellished by Mme. de Pompadour.
Book (1987) Page(s) 9.
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