pure rose fragrance and the ability to take your heart. Albas are among the roses we find growing at grave sides, by old farmhouses and in small town backyards, persisting despite neglect or flourishing for those who care for them. Give them a few years to grow in and their generosity during their bloom period will astound you. ‘Felicite Parmentier’ Parmentier 1834 Light blush, very full flowers with intense fragrance grace this bush in late spring. Clear flesh-pink, fading to cream at the edges, button eye. The foliage is light green, born on arching canes reaching 4 +feet. Very hardy. Among the most fragrant roses Zone 3 Stands shade. ‘Suaveolens' before 1750 Double ivory-white blooms with a rich fragrance. Good grey-green foliage. Full sun to light shade. Zone 3 hardy Grown in the rose oil fields of Bulgaria. 'Maidens Blush' Europe circa 1400 Large, silky, blush-pink flowers in large clusters. Intense fragrance. Healthy grey-green foliage. 6ft. Can be used as climber. Stands shade.
Characteristics vary widely. Moss roses were frequent subjects of Victorian paintings, and hold lovely old associations with that era. Francis Lester writes: "The Old Moss rose, with its strong individuality, is frankly a rose of pure sentiment. Is there anything else in nature with quite the charm of a Moss rose bud?" ‘Chapeau de Napoleon’ ‘Crested Moss’ 1827 Medium-pink flowers, packed with petals. Good, strong Centifolia fragrance. Bushy 5’ x 4’. The fringed and mossy sepals project from the buds in such a way that they resemble little three-cornered hats like the French tricorne that Napoleon wore. This has proven healthy and lovely in our garden. Pink Common Moss Pre- 1750, France Pure deep pink, very doubled, quartered blooms with mossy calyxes and a strong fragrance. 4’ + with somewhat arching growth. Mrs Bell writes in The Fragrant Year: "none (of the hybrid mosses), has ever surpassed the beauty of the half-opened bud of 'Old Pink Moss.' " |
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