'Madame Joseph Bonnaire' Rose

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'Madame Joseph Bonnaire' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

HMF Ratings:

34 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea.

Origin:

Bred by Joseph Bonnaire (France, 1891).
Introduced in Australia by George Brunning - St. Kilda Nurseries in 1897 as 'Madame Joseph Bonnaire'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Pink, silver(y) reverse. Very large, very double, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright.

Height: 4'11" to 5'11" (150 to 180cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Adam × Paul Neyron (Hybrid Perpetual, Levet, 1869)

Notes:

[From The Old Rose Advisor, by Brent C. Dickerson, p. 282:] Mons Joseph Bonnaire, dead at the age of 68. Born at Saint-Chef (Isère) in 1842, Bonnaire went while still quite young to Lyon where he worked at the establishments of Damaizin and Ducher, going then to Paris... [At length, he returned to Lyon] where he ultimately set up shop in 1878.