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'Monsieur Louis Ricard' rose Reviews & Comments
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First year update. This rose seems to have a tendency towards fusion : petals and sepals, conjoined buds noticed once, plus several conjoined thorns. I am sorry I couldn't focus on the thorns with my camera. I just saw some blooms during Spring, each looking different, but no real repeat this year. I do like the look of the blooms and their contrast with the matte light green leaves that look humble to me. The leaves showed a tendancy to blackspot.
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American Gardening 1893 Page 16
The first, called Monsieur Louis Ricard, is a vigorous grower, producing a profusion of magnificent dark flowers, of more than ordinary size. The other, Mad. Betty Hendle, is large and full, of excellent form, the petals of rich, velvety texture, while the colour is dazzling crimson, shaded with black. Both varieties are descended from Abel Carriere, one of our richest dark roses.
The two HP Louis Ricard by Boutigny (both seedling of Abel Carriere) listed in HMF which apparently differ only in the date of issue (1894 and 1901) are really two different roses?
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I doubt it. I’ll merge
Monsieur Louis Ricard (hybrid perpetual, Boutigny, 1901) into
Monsieur Louis Ricard (hybrid perpetual, Boutigny, 1894)
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