Souvenir de la Malmaison

Queen of Beauty and Fragrance




Beloved Bourbon shrub named after the famous rose gardens of Empress Josephine of France in Malmaison. One of the most beautiful Bourbons. Very large, shapely, fully double flowers of soft pink to silvery pink, with a delicious, overwhelming fragrance. At first the flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Generously blooming and repeat flowering.

Fragrance
very strong
Colour
soft pink
Height
90-120 cm
Group:  Bourbon Rose
Year of introduction: 1843
Winner: J. Béluze
Flowering-period:  May-October
Flowering frequency:  repeat-flowering (blooming with interruptions)
Flowering intensity:  abundant
Flowershape:  very large , very double , quartered , cupped , flat
Fragrance:  very strong fragrance
Growth:  bushy