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'L'Eblouissante' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of jedmar
HMF Ratings: 
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EXCELLENT-.
 
Class: Found Rose, Bermuda Rose, China / Bengale.   
Bloom: Cherry-red to crimson, white streaks..  Mild, raspberry fragrance.  Average diameter 2.25".  Small to medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, in large clusters, cupped-to-flat, globular, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.   
Habit: Light green foliage.  
 Height: 30" to 6' (75 to 185cm).  Width: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 7b through 10b.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden or hedge.  Vigorous.  drought resistant.  heat tolerant.  Can be pruned to maintain a shorter habit.  Prune lightly or not at all.   
Patents: Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind). 
Notes: Ashdown Roses says the introducer is Sprunt in 1837.Pépinières Loubert says the breeder is Coquerel.
 It is possible that several different roses were called 'L'Eblouissante'. 'La Gauffré' = l'Eblouissant' is possibly a different rose than 'Cramoisi supérieur'. The Cels catalogue of 1836/37 list 'l'Eblouissant' for 1 franc, while 'Cramoisi supérieur' is priced at 5 francs, indicating that the latter was a very recent introduction (1835 or 36). an 1843 catalogue lists two distinct roses for 'Agrippina' and 'Cramoisi superieure'.
 See also 'Queens Scarlet'
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