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Scented pink roses, 'Fantin - Latour'


Scented pink roses, 'Fantin - Latour' (Rosa centifolia 'Fantin-LaTour')

These only bloom for a short time, but are the most fragrant that I have ever seen. I use the dried petals for potpourii.



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Hi Grammazoo need to know type of rose ie shrub , climber , hybrid tea etc looks like R. pink bells but this quite low growing max 5 - 6 ' and spreads others look similar but have different growing habits.

15 Jun, 2008

 

It is a climber Bonkers, but stays below 4' - spreads wide as much & easy to transplant cuttings from. Only flowers about 2 weeks in June.

15 Jun, 2008

 

Sorry Grammazoo not being thick [ or maybe I am and dont know it ] but a climber below 4 feet? Not much climbing being done try googling rosa pink bells and see what you think.

15 Jun, 2008

 

Pink bells not quite as full & listed as continous flowering... thanks for trying though. This grows like a climber, shoots everywhere and grows quickly, frequently rooting its own branches in the soil & starting new plants. I have a bush rose and it grows completely differently. Perhaps 'rambling' would be more accurate than climbing ? Sorry...

16 Jun, 2008

 

Hi GZ... I think you have a very old variety..it is like the old double bourbons...(for some reason they are not called bourbon now) the very double blossom looks like the old French roses. I have David Austins book out of the Library at present ...I'll take a look and see if it looks like anything there.

18 Jun, 2008

 

I think it might be 'Fantin-Latour', it is a centifolia, blooms late spring, height 4 to 6 ft. hardy zones 4-10, has a short bloom period and does not repeat. says that the flower has 200 petals (hence centifolia), delicate fragrance. Leaves dark green and smooth and not a lot of thorns. Arching canes to 5 ft. in height and about the same in spread. Very hardy, disease resistance moderate. The date it was introduced is unknown...could have been a couple centuries!? HTH

18 Jun, 2008

 

Thanks Lori! My landlady tells me her grandfather planted the original plant over 70 years ago...can roses live that long?

18 Jun, 2008

 

Yes, they can! I thought that you have a (what might now be called) a heritage variety of a rambler, rather than a climber. But why the height restriction? I am puzzled by this.

18 Jun, 2008

 

Sorry David, have to ask the rose, lol ! It is free to take up as much space as it wants as I love this plant (& its many offspring transplants) but doesn't seem to grow much taller than this. Maybe I don't fertilize it enough...

19 Jun, 2008



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