'Madame Gabriel Luizet' Rose

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'Madame Gabriel Luizet' rose Description

My HMF:

'Madame Gabriel Luizet (hybrid perp., Liabaud 1877)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of scvirginia

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Madame Gabriel Luizet (bourbon, Liabaud, 1877)

HMF Ratings:

20 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Bourbon.
Registration name: Madame Gabriel Luizet (hybrid perp., Liabaud 1877)

Origin:

Bred by Jean-Pierre Liabaud (France, 1877).
Introduced in Australia by George Brunning - St. Kilda Nurseries in 1882 as 'Madame Gabriel Luizet'.

Class:

Bourbon, Hybrid Perpetual.

Bloom:

Light pink. Moderate fragrance. 34 petals. Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped, semi-globular bloom form. Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.

Habit:

Tall.

Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm). Width: 3' (90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b and warmer. Vigorous. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew. Prune lightly or not at all.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

hybrid of Jules Margottin (Hybrid Perpetual, Margottin, 1853)

Notes:

Gabriel Luizet (November 22, 1794 - March 15, 1872), nurseryman at Ecully-les-Lyon, bred the apricot "Luizet" in 1838, and later emigrated to Saxon in Valais, Switzerland.
Gabriel Luizet, his grandson (1846-1922), late president of the Société pomologique de France, horticulturist, landscape architect.