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• Bourbon Beauharnais
• Eugène (china, Hardy 1831)
• Eugène Beauharnais (china, Hardy 1831)
• Prince Eugène (hybrid china, Desprez, pre 1824)
• Prince Eugène (china, Hardy 1831)
• Prince Eugène Beauharnais (china, Hardy 1831)
• Roi des Cramoisis

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Dark red China.
Registration name: Eugène de Beauharnais (bourbon, Hardy 1838)
Exhibition name: Eugène de Beauharnais

Bred by Jean Desprez (France, before 1824). Bred by Julien-ALEXANDRE Hardy (France, 1831).
Introduced in France by Péan-Sylvain in 1837 as 'Prince Eugène'.
Introduced in Australia by Northampton Nurseries in 1861 as 'Eugène Beauharnais'.

Bourbon, China / Bengale, Hybrid China.  

Purple, carmine-red center. [Purple - red.]  Strong fragrance.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Armed with thorns / prickles.  Small, dark green, reddish-purple foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).  

USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Can be used for beds and borders or garden.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  

Eugène de Beauharnais, the son of Empress Josephine, was born 3 September 1781 and died 21 February 1824. He governed Italy from 1805 to 1814.
See also "Le Grand Capitaine".
Hardy lists a china and a hybrid china named 'Eugène', without "de Beauharnais"