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'Céline Forestier' rose Description
'Céline Forestier (Tea Noisette, Trouillard, 1842)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Julie Lack
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
79 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Light yellow Noisette.
Registration name: Céline Forestier (Tea Noisette, Trouillard, 1842)
Origin:
Bred by Victor Trouillard (France, 1842).
Introduced in France by André Leroy in 1860 as 'Céline Forestier'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by John Standish / Standish & Noble in 1860 as 'Céline Forestier'.
Introduced in Australia by Exotic Nursery (Australia) in 1866 as 'Céline Forestier'.
Class:
Noisette, Tea Noisette.  
Bloom:
Light yellow, deep yellow center, pink shading.  Strong, spice, tea rose fragrance.  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Climbing.  

Height: 6' to 20' (185 to 610cm).  Width: 4' (120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b through 11.  Hardy.  vigorous.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Diploid
Parentage:
Notes:
Some difference of opinion about breeder and date, see References for chronology of its introduction.

Vintage Gardens classifies this rose as a tea-noisette

'Lusiadas' was not so much a synonym, as it was a scam, with a con artist promising a brand new and unusual yellow and red striped rose, but sending out 'Céline Forestier' instead. See references.
 
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