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'Duc de Grammont' rose Description
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Bloom:
Light pink to white, pink center. Tender rose-lilac. Moderate fragrance. Large, full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Parentage:
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Notes:
Hybrid of Tea & China. The current Family of the Dukes of Gramont (or Grammont) goes back to the middle of the 16th century. Contemporaries of Laffay were Antoine VII, de Gramont (1722-1801), husband of the Duchess of Grammont who was guillotined in 1794 Antoine-Louise-Marie VIII de Gramont (August 17, 1755 Château de Versailles - August 28, 1836 Paris), Lieutenant General and politician
[From Journal de la Société d'Agronomie Pratique, January 1829, p. 26:] GRAMMONT (le duc de), pair de France, capitaine des gardes du corps du Roi, rue Saint-Dominique-Saint-Germain, no 103.
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