Website/Catalog  (27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Caroline de Sansal’
Hybrid Perpetual.  Very large and fine flowers, clear flesh-colour with blush edges, beautifully cupped on a vigorous shrub, but considered somewhat of a fair weather rose.  [Paul (1863, 1888), Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Henry Curtis p.27 vol.2/1853, FC p.228/1857].

Horticultural & Botanical History
Bred by Desprez in 1849.  ‘Caroline de Sansal’ was described among new roses in the Flore des Serres in 1849 [FS misc. 502/1849], and Louis van Houtte included it in an Énumération des plus belles variétiés et….des autres!, all Hybrid Perpetuals, in 1660-65 in the same journal.  [FS pgs.91-102 vol.15/1864].  In the first great National Rose show held in July 1858, ‘Caroline de Sansal’ was listed amongst the roses appearing in multiple (15) winning collections.  [Gard. Chron. 1858].

History at Camden Park
Included in a handwritten list of roses dated 1861, probably intended for a new edition of the catalogue that was never printed.  [MP A2943].

Notes
Considered by some to be a Damask Perpetual rose.

Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 121.  
 
Caroline de Sansal
Hybrid Perpetual
Jean Desprez [with Jamain and Paillet] 1849

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 78.  
 
Caroline de Sansal Hybrid Perpetual, pink, center darker, 1849, Desprez. Description.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 126.  
 
Caroline de Sansal Hybrid Perpetual. Desprez/Jamain, 1849. Seedling of 'Baronne Prévost'. [The author cites information from different sources. The Journal des Roses says: "it bears the name of... the daughter of Mons Desprez, married to Mons Arthur De Sansal."]
Flesh color, deepening towards the centre... subject to mildew... generally it is of better quality in September than in June... cupped like the old Centifolias... in cold damp conditions it does not open freely...

Website/Catalog  (1976)  Page(s) 18.  
 
CAROLINE DE SANSAL (Desprez 1849). Rose.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 644.  
 
de Sansal, Caroline (HP) Desprez 1849; flesh-coloured, center pink, large, double, flat, growth 7/10.

Book  (1920)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Some Hybrid Perpetuals that were first favourites with my father- they were all grown on standards- and are numbered amongst my earliest acquaintances in the rose world, were: [...] Caroline de Sansal, very large, flesh colour...

Website/Catalog  (1913)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses.
Caroline de Sansal
A Rose of rather striking appearance as to color and form of blossom. It is rose-color, deeper at the center and edged with bronze. The flowers are large, full and flat and fragrant. There are very few Roses presenting the bronze appearance about the edges as a regular feature, although one sees this luster occasionally upon other varieties. The growth of the Caroline de Sansal Rose is vigorous, and the plant flowers several times during the season. One can count upon a display of blossoms both in summer and autumn.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Caroline de Sansal, HR, Desprez, 1849, rose

Website/Catalog  (1899)  Page(s) 17.  
 
New Roses and Roses of Special Merit.
Caroline de Sansal—Hybrid Perpetual. Vigorous growre. Flesh color, deepening to center. Large, full.