'Rosa X Bourboniana' Rose

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'Rosa X Bourboniana' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of mashamcl

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Borboniana
• Bourbon Jacques
• Bourbon Rose
• Le Rosier de l'Île Bourbon
• L'Île de Bourbon Rose
• Rosa borboniana Desp.
• Rosa indica borbonica
• Rosa indica subtaxon borbonica synonym
• Rosa X borboniana N.H.F.Desp.
• Rose Jacques
• Rosier Bourbon
• Rosier de Bourbon
• Rosier de l'Île de Bourbon

HMF Ratings:

62 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: Bourbon Rose

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1819).
Introduced in France by Antoine A. Jacques in 1820 as 'L'Île de Bourbon Rose'.

Class:

Bourbon, Species Cross.

Bloom:

Pink. Strong fragrance. 20 petals. Medium, semi-double to double bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright. Large, matte, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height of 6' 7" (200 cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b. Vigorous.

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

seedling of Rose Edouard

Notes:

'Rosier de l'Île Bourbon' is from hips received from the Île Bourbon (= Réunion). The hips were almost certainly originating from 'Rose Edouard' which was cultivated there and in Mauritius. The rose cultivated in India as R. borboniana is actually 'Rose Edouard'.