'Belle Clementine' Rose

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'Belle Clementine' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Alba.
Registration name: Belle Clementine

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1834).
Introduced in Australia by Tasmania Botanical Gardens in 1862 as 'Belle Clementine'.

Class:

Alba, Hybrid Gallica.

Bloom:

Light or deep rose pink, often with blush-pink flecks. Medium to large, very double, cupped, expanded , scalloped bloom form.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden or pillar. Vigorous.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

hybrid of Rosa alba L.

Notes:

In 1837, Rivers calls this an old variety. Possibly, Vibert's 'Clémentine', re-named and reclassified? It was also sometimes mottled pink.

Mentioned in The American Rose Annual of 1926, p. 17... cupped, rose, mottled...