'Abel Carrière' Rose

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'Abel Carrière' rose Description

My HMF:

'Abel Carrière (hybrid perpetual, Verdier 1875)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of marcir

HMF Ratings:

9 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Perpetual.
Registration name: Abel Carrière (hybrid perpetual, Verdier 1875)
Exhibition name: Abel Carrière

Origin:

Bred by Eugène Verdier fils aîne (France, 1875).
Introduced in Australia by Edwin Smith, Clifton Nursery in 1885 as 'Abel Carrière'.

Class:

Hybrid Perpetual.

Bloom:

Crimson, purple shading, violet shading. Strong fragrance. 45 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, upright.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew, susceptible to rust .

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Baron de Bonstetten × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Élie-Abel Carrière was a French horticulturalist, botanist, author and- from 1866 until his death thirty years later- an editor-in-chief of Revue horticole. He born in May-en-Multien (Seine-et-Marne) on June 4, 1818, and died in Paris on August 17, 1896.