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'Rosa X Bourboniana' rose Description
'<i>Rosa borboniana</i> Desp.' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cà Berta
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
65 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: Bourbon Rose
Origin:
Bred by Unknown (before 1819).
Introduced in France by Antoine A. Jacques in 1821 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: 6'7" (200cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Vigorous.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
'Rosier de l'Île Bourbon' is 2 seedlings from 5 from hips received from the Île Bourbon (= Réunion). (See Reference of 1841). 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'.
 
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