'Souvenir de Victor Hugo' Rose

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'Souvenir de Victor Hugo' rose Description

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'Souvenir de Victor Hugo (tea, Bonnaire, 1883)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Dirk Rojahn

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

22 favorite votes.

ARS:

Pink blend Tea.
Exhibition name: Souvenir de Victor Hugo

Origin:

Bred by Joseph Bonnaire (France, 1883).
Introduced in Australia by Robert Rattray's Rosebank Nursery in 1894 as 'Souvenir de Victor Hugo'.

Class:

Tea.

Bloom:

Pink, pink edges, salmon-orange center. Strong fragrance. Large, full (26-40 petals), nodding or "weak neck" bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Comtesse de Labarthe × Regulus (tea, Robert & Moreau, 1860)

Notes:

Writer Victor Hugo was born on February 26, 1802, in Besancon, France. He died May 22, 1885. One of his best known works is Les Miserables.