Article (magazine)  (Sep 2021)  Page(s) 19.  Includes photo(s).
 
My husband Viru has hybridized with this species, and he has named and registered a seedling, a cross between ‘Rêve d’Or ’ and Rosa leschenaultiana as ‘Leschenault de la Tour’ to honor and memorialize the Frenchman who traversed our hills in the early 1800’s. It seemed singularly appropriate that this rose is doubly French, with ‘Reve d’Or,’ one of the best known of French roses as the seed parent, and Rosa leschenaultiana as the pollen parent.
The new rose hybrid is virtually a larger version of that famous white Noisette, ‘Lamarque’, again French. It bears beautiful globular, white flowers, displaying an exquisite medley of petals, illuminated by the light gold of the center, wafting a soft fragrance, and happily it is remontant. This climbing rose has elegant light green foliage and climbs easily 3 to 4 meters. I

Website/Catalog  (11 Jun 2015)  
 
Registered Name: 'Virlesch'
ARS Approved Exhibition Name: Leschenault de la TourTM
LCl, w, 2015, Viraraghavan, M.S.; flowers 3½ in., full, borne in small clusters, slight fragrance; foliage medium-size, medium green, semi-glossy; prickles curved pointing down, moderate, greyish-black; growth climber, tall (10 ft.); pergola, pillar, fence, garden decorativ. [Reve d'Or × R. leschenaultiana]
Introductions: Viraraghavan, M.S., 2015, France.