Book  (1994)  Page(s) 8.  
 
Jessie Mould has made a very intensive study of old roses in the Banks Peninsula area [of New Zealand], and also especially in the area settled by French colonists at Akaroa. So widely were roses circulated through his See by the Roman Catholic bishop that 'Old Blush' , the little pink rose, gained the local name 'Bishop Pompallier's Rose'. Likewise the good bishop distributed 'Madame Plantier' as he toured the district conducting weddings and christenings, so that it became known as 'The Bride's Rose'.

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 267.  Includes photo(s).
 
Madame Plantier Parentage: Possibly R. damascena x R. moschata. Description... this rose is really best thought of as an unusually long-limbed and rather lax-growing Damask. Vita Sackville-West put these long branches to good use at Sissinghurst by training them into the lower branches of her apple trees, creating an effect that she described as crinolines of white flowers...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 343.  
 
Hybrid Alba (OGR), white, 1835, Thought to be R. alba x R. moschata; Plantier. Flowers creamy white changing to pure white, green pip, very double, flat blooms in clusters; fragrant; foliage small, 7 leaflets; vigorous, spreading, bushy (about 5 ft.) growth; non-recurrent bloom.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 60.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mme. Plantier Alba. Parentage: Unknown, may include R. moschata Origin unknown 1835. Description and cultivation... Large clusters of scented, small double and creamy flowers ageing to white...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 50.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Mme. Plantier Hybrid Noisette; has been called an Alba. Plantier 1835. [Author cites information from several sources]

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 50.  
 
Alba shrub/climber; white; clusters bear many small double blooms; not remontant; growth strong, arching, to 12 x 8 ft (3.6 x 2.5 m), will climb on support; light greyish leaves; good scent. Perhaps an Alba/Moschata hybrid. Plantier 1835. OGR

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 51.  Includes photo(s).

Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 28.  
 

Mme. Plantier.....Cg.

Website/Catalog  (1984)  Page(s) 1.  Includes photo(s).
 
Alba Roses
Very little pruning is required because the Alba needs size to dispkay its spring mantle to the fullest. 
Madame Plantier (Hybrid Alba 1835)
The plant does well as a short pillar or cascading shrub. The pure white, pompon shaped blooms come many together on languid stems, looking for all the world like tissue paper carnations, sometimes with a green eye. This rose has yet to fail me with a spectacular spring display.