'Mistress Bosanquet' Rose

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'Mistress Bosanquet' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Jeri Jennings

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• "Cottonwood Cemetery Blush Rose"
• "Legacy of Samuel Briggs #2"
• "Mme Bréon fils"
• Mrs. Bosanquet
• Pauline Bonaparte (syn. 'Mrs. Bosanquet'?)
• "Petaluma Blush"
• Thé Sapho

HMF Ratings:

76 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Light pink Bourbon.
Exhibition name: Mistress Bosanquet

Origin:

Bred by Jean Laffay (France, 1832).
Introduced in Australia by John J. Rule, Victoria Nursery in 1857 as 'Mrs. Bosanquet'.

Class:

Bourbon, China / Bengale.

Bloom:

Blush, white edges, silver(y) undertones. Moderate fragrance. Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Glandular sepals, long sepals buds.

Habit:

Upright.

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b.

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

seed:	×
pollen:	×

Notes:

A Jacob Bosanquet, was a Director of the East India Co., elected 1782.
A copy of the rose from the National Plant Collection of Victor Lewis, Braintree, Essex, was planted in Sangerhausen after 2011.
Some confusion of 'Mrs. Bosanquet' with the Bourbon 'Pauline Bonaparte' by Nérard.