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'Boule de Neige' rose References
Book (Feb 1993) Page(s) 81. Includes photo(s). Boule de Neige Bourbon. Parentage: 'Blanche Lafitte' x 'Sappho'. France 1867. Description and cultivation... very double, medium-sized flowers in clusters of purest white...
Book (1993) Page(s) 85, 87. Includes photo(s). Bourbon. Description. Flowers: white, the petals gradually turning back on themselves almost forming a ball. Strong fragrance. 'Blanche Lafitte' x 'Sappho'. Lacharme (France) 1867.
Book (1993) Page(s) 86. Includes photo(s). A Bourbon. Flowers reflex in good weather to form a ball. Lacharme (France) 1867. Repeat flowering. Height: 10 ft. Very good scent.
Book (Jun 1992) Page(s) 95. Boule de Neige (Translation: 'Snowball') Bourbon. Lacharme 1867. 'Mlle Blanche Laffitte' (Bourbon) x 'Sapho' (Damask Perpetual)... Pure white, centre delicately shaded with cream... Flowers white, tinted with greenish-yellow... the blossom tends to nod...
Book (1992) Page(s) 18. Bourbon shrub; white, touched pink; blooms of medium size, double, open cupped; fairly remontant; growth rather open, best on support, 5 x 4 ft (1.5 x 1.2 m); dark leaves; good scent. 'Blanche Lafitte' x 'Sappho'. Lacharme 1867. OGR
Book (1991) Page(s) 21. ....the camellia-like 'Boule de Neige'.
Book (1988) Page(s) 70. Includes photo(s).
Website/Catalog (1985) Page(s) 13. Boule de Neige.....5 x 4’
Article (website) (1982) Page(s) 11. Boule de Neige (Bourbon). A fine shrub with glossy foliage bearing full flowers of creamy white with a strong fragrance. Summer and Autumn flowering. 1867. H. (R) 6 x 4’.
Book (1980) Page(s) 50. Leonard Hollis. Symposium on the Twelve Best Bourbon and Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 'Boule de Neige'.....
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