'Mont Vésuve' Rose

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'Mont Vésuve' rose Description

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'Le Vésuve (china, Laffay, 1825)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Rita Granata's "Giardino del Rosa".

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• "Grand Avenue Giant"
• Le Vésuve
• "Vintage Towers Tea"

HMF Ratings:

64 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Pink blend China.
Registration name: Le Vésuve (china, Laffay, 1825)
Exhibition name: Le Vésuve (china, Laffay, 1825)

Origin:

Bred by Jean Laffay (France, 1825). Bred by Louis Claude Noisette (France, 1825).

Class:

Found Rose, China / Bengale, Hybrid Bourbon, Tea.

Bloom:

Pink and rose-red, carmine-pink reverse, ages to crimson . Medium to large, very double, borne mostly solitary, cupped, globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, well-branched. Blue-green foliage.

Height: 3' to 7' (90 to 215cm). Width: 3' to 6' (90 to 185cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 7b through 10b. Can be used for cut flower or garden.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

Dominique Massad believes that 'Vésuve' in commerce is actually Bruant's 'Rosabelle'.

There may have been at least two roses called 'Le Vésuve', or just 'Vésuve'. One seems to have been a China Rose, but another may have been a Hybrid Bourbon. Or, possibly, the 'Hybrid Bourbon' description was meant literally, not meaning that the rose belonged to the once-blooming class of Hybrid Bourbons, but just that it was a hybrid with Bourbon ancestry.

'Lemesle' (which see) seems to have been confused in commerce with 'Le Vésuve' sometime in the 20th Century.