GRANDE DAME - HYBRID TEA ROSE

Photo courtesy of Edmunds Roses

Meredith x Wild Blue Yonder

rosa WEKmerewby

If you are looking for a fragrant rose besides the old standby, Grande Dame is your answer.  Grande Dame is considered a Hybrid Tea rose with the old fashioned form and an old garden rose fragrance.  The bloom is quite large, 5 to 6 inches across with over 30-petal count and its color of deep rose-pink has a hint of blue tone provided by its Wild Blue Yonder parentage.  The scent of its bloom invites you to bury your nose in it and inhale its old garden rose fragrance which is quite strong reminding you of Grandma’s Garden.  Grande Dame grows into a big shrub about 4 to 5 ½ feet in height with few thorns.  The foliage is deep green and very disease resistant.  Grande Dame blooms in flushes all through the season, giving plenty of blooms to enjoy its fragrance inside your home and in the garden as well as a great addition to your landscape.  

Grande Dame is one rose to have in your garden – it’s vigorous, disease resistant, great color, plenty of beautiful blooms and very fragrant.  So what are you waiting for? 

Grande Dame is a 2011 introduction and was hybridized by Tom Carruth.

Roses are easy plants to grow contrary to popular belief. Why do you think Roses have been around for millions of years?  All they need are food, water and sunlight.  Just like you and me. 

Here at Rose Gardening World, we’ll educate you about the Rose - our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states.  Welcome to the World of Rose Gardening or Rose Gardening World where Rose Gardening Tips, Rose Growing Advice, Planting a Rose Garden, Rose Descriptions, Where to Buy Roses, Where to see Rose Gardens, Rose Culture, Rose History, Rose Events, Rose Verses are all here in one place.  

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HOT PRINCESS ROSE

Hot Princess rose is a very rich deep pink Hybrid Tea hybridized by Hans Jurgen Evers and introduced by Rosen-Tantau/Tantau Roses of Germany in 2000.  The blooms are hot pink, exhibition form, high-centered borne mostly singly on long stems.  The petal substance is so thick, it can withstand an occasional hot weather though it fares better in early spring and fall.   It blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Foliage is dark green, shiny and leathery. 

Hot Princess rose is a tall plant, can grow 4’-6’ ft and bushy, very vigorous usually sending up a basal or two every year.  It is an excellent garden rose and florists love them too for its perfect form and long stems.  Hot Princess rose has slight fragrance.  

Hot Princess rose is a must have for rose show exhibitors.  It has everything a top exhibitor could wish for - its deep pink blooms with lovely spiral centers on long stems.  The color of the blooms is stunning.   Hot Princess rose has won plenty of Queens of Show awards.  Hot Princess rose is an excellent candidate for most sought after “Queen of Show” and is now ranked among the top 10 in the nation’s show roses.    

 Roses are easy plants to grow contrary to popular belief. Why do you think Roses have been around for millions of years?  All they need are food, water and sunlight.  Just like you and me. We want to help you grow Beautiful Roses!

Here at Rose Gardening World, we’ll educate you about the Rose - our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states.  Welcome to Rose Gardening World where Rose Gardening Tips, Rose Growing Advice, Planning a Rose Garden, Rose Descriptions, Where to Buy Roses, Where to see Rose Gardens, Rose Culture, Rose History, Roses in Art, Rose Events, Rose Verses are all here in one place. So, plant a rose today! 

We are constantly updating our contents so visit Rose Gardening World often and be a follower.  We welcome comments.  Take time and smell the roses.  Happy Rose Gardening!

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• YES, YOU CAN GROW BEAUTIFUL ROSES 
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NICOLE

Name: Nicole
KORicole - Kordes, Germany
Parentage: seedling x Bordure Rose

Nicole is a beautiful floribunda rose introduced in 1985 and has the most stunning coloration that everybody seems to notice.  I planted two Nicole on my front yard at my old house and people who passed by the house noticed it right away. They stopped, admired it and touched and smelled the rose to find out if it was real.  Nicole is vigorous, disease resistant and blooms continuously.  The 25-35 petal bloom is white edged in cherry-pink with light fragrance.  The four inch flower come in clusters of three to five blooms on a strong and very thorny stem and makes a lovely bouquet.  It has dark, shiny leathery leaves.  Nicole is a top exhibition rose and a great garden rose too. 

Some rosarians recommend planting Nicole in the back of the border.  I planted two Nicole roses on opposite sides of the walkway in front of my old house where aybody who comes by the house can appreciate its beauty.  The above photo of Nicole was taken at its second season.  I just ordered two Nicole roses and planted one in front of my new townhouse and will plant one across the walkway in front of my neighbor’s townhouse.

Roses are not difficult to grow contrary to popular belief. Why do you think Roses have been around for millions of years?  They thrive in cemeteries with benign neglect.  All they need are food, water and sunlight.  Just like you and me. 

Here at Rose Gardening World, we want to help you grow Beautiful Roses!  We’ll educate you about the Rose - our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states.  At Rose Gardening World, you’ll find Rose Gardening Tips, Rose Growing Advice, Planning a Rose Garden, Rose Descriptions, Where to Buy Roses, Where to see Rose Gardens, Rose Culture, Rose History, Rose Events, Rose Verses are all here in one place.  

We are constantly updating our contents so visit Rose Gardening World often and be a follower.  We welcome comments.  Take time and smell the roses.  Happy Rose Gardening!

Check my other blogs:

• YES, YOU CAN GROW BEAUTIFUL ROSES 
• ROSE SUPPLIERS
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• PLANTING BARE-ROOT ROSES
• CLEANING ROSE PRUNERS BLADES
• PRUNING YOUR ROSES
• AARS WINNER FOR 2012
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• KNOCK OUT ROSES
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SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON

Photo from www.classicroses.co.uk

Souvenir de la Malmaison

Beluze, 1843

Roses, Rose Gardens, Rose Gardening Tips, Rose Growing Advice, Planting a Rose Garden, Rose Descriptions, Where to Buy Roses, Where to see Rose Gardens, Rose Culture, Rose History, Rose Events, Rose Verses – they are all here in one place, at Rose Gardening World.  

Welcome to the World of Rose Gardening or Rose Gardening World.  We are here to educate you about The Rose – our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states. Roses have been around for millions of years which just prove that Roses are easy plants to grow contrary to popular belief. We are constantly updating our contents so visit Rose Gardening World often.  We want to help you grow beautiful roses and we welcome comments.  Take time and smell the roses and Happy Rose Gardening!

Souvenir de la Malmaison is one of the most beautiful of Old Garden Roses.  It is a beautiful light pink to white Bourbon Rose.  The blooms are very full, 4 to 5 inches across and quartered with a lovely scent.  The blooms start out deeply cupped with pale pink petals that turn to white as they mature.  The foliage is glossy, medium to dark green on a thorny stems. The plant is low and spreading in nature (3’ high by 4’ wide), and it takes 1-2 years to become established.  There is a climbing version (Bennett, 1893) which grows 8 to 12 ft tall and takes about three years to get established and then grow so vigorously.  It was the climbing version that I received when I ordered Souvenir de la Malmaison and I kept on wondering why it kept on sending these long canes.  I finally moved it next to an arbor and was very happy there.  It gave plenty of blooms but the blooms tend to ball (not open) on wet weather making the very full blooms into a brown unappealing mush.  The rose will outbloom most hybrid teas as long as it does not get rained out.

Souvenir de la Malmaison is eligible to win the Dowager Queen or Queen of Old Garden Roses at a rose show.  Old Garden Roses are those introduced before 1867, many of which have a fascinating history.  Souvenir de la Malmaison is a Bourbon rose, so named for the island where the first Bourbons originated.  Ile Bourbon is an island in the Indian Ocean off of Madagascar, now called Reunion Island.  The French colonial landowners in the early 1800s set off their properties with large hedges of roses, alternating the native China roses with a Damask Perpetual.  A hybrid rose appeared  that caught the fancy of the landowner and avid gardeners in France.  Both seeds and cuttings of this original plant were brought to France and bred.  The descendants of these roses are the Bourbons.  

Souvenir de la Malmaison means remembrance of Malmaison, named for the gardens of the Empress Josephine (wife of Napoleon Bonaparte) at Chateau de Malmaison.  Josephine was a devoted gardener and grew more than two hundred varieties of roses, among thousands of other plants.  Souvenir de la Malmaison was named for her dedication and though it was bred some years later after her death, it is grown at Chateau de Malmaison today.

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