'Rose Edward' Rose

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'Rose Edward' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Murphy's Rose

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Bengale Dubreuil
• Bengale Neuman
• Gloire de France (bourbon, Hardy, 1822)
• Madras Rose
• Rose de Bourbon à fleur pleine
• Rose de l'Ile de France
• Rose Dubreuil
• Rose Edouard
• Rose Neumann
• Rosier de l'Ile de France

Also referenced as: Gloire des France

HMF Ratings:

72 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Bourbon.

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1819).
Introduced in France by Neumann in 1824 as 'Rose Edouard'.

Class:

Bourbon.

Bloom:

Light pink. Strong fragrance. Medium to large, semi-double to double, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height of 6' 7" (200 cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b.

Parentage:

Quatre Saisons Tous-les-Mois × Parsons' Pink China

Notes:

Perhaps the first Bourbon...The rose cultivated in India as R. borboniana is actually 'Rose Edouard'.

[This rose was called 'Bengale Neuman' after its introducer by Péan, 'Rose de l'Ile de France' by Dubreuil, 'Rose de Bourbon à fleurs pleines' by Prévost and 'Bengale Dubreuil' by Vibert.
Boitard says it was grown from seed sent to Hardy in 1822, and later introduced as a plant by Neuman.]