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'Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte' rose Description
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'Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
15 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Polyantha.
Registration name: Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte
Exhibition name: Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte
Origin:
Discovered by Victor Lens (1889 - 1969) (Belgium, 1941).
Introduced in Belgium by Lens Roses/Louis Lens N.V./Pépinières Louis Lens SA in 1945 as 'Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte'.
Class:
Polyantha.  
Bloom:
Coral-pink to rose-pink.  None to mild fragrance.  Small, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Shade tolerant.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Louis Lens says this rose is also known as 'Pink Triumph' and carries up to 20 blossoms on a cluster. See identical sport 'Pink Triumph' by Hassefras (1951)

Discovery year source: www.rosabelgica.be
Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte
 
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