Rosa 'Perle d'Or'

Rosa 'Perle d'Or'
Genus Rosa hybrid
Hybrid parentage R. multiflora × tea rose 'Mme Falcot'[1]
Cultivar group Polyantha
Cultivar Perle d'Or
Marketing names 'Yellow Cécile Brünner'
Breeder Rambaux / Dubreuil
Origin France 1875

Rosa 'Perle d'Or' is a rose cultivar bred by Joseph Rambaux in 1875 and introduced by Francis Dubreuil in France in 1883.[2][3][4] Its parents were a double-flowered R.  multiflora seedling and the tea rose 'Madame Falcot' (Guillot, 1858).[1][5] It is sometimes considered to be a china rose and sometimes considered a polyantha, and is also known as 'Yellow Cécile Brünner'', as the pale apricot rose greatly resembles the related pale pink 'Cécile Brünner'.[1]

The small, full flowers have 26 to 40 petals, forming small light rosettes with an average diameter of 4 centimetres (1.6 in).[6] Their colour is creamy amber with a hint of pink and ages to white, starting at the edges. Their fragrance is described as sweet and fruity, and varying in strength from light to strong.[2][3][6] They develop from vermillion, long, ovoid buds and appear in large, long-stemmed clusters of 5 to 25 in flushes throughout the season.

'Perle d'Or' has well-branched shoots with glossy, medium to dark green foliage, and very few scattered, large prickles. The vigorous shrub grows densely, reaching 0.9 to 1.8 metres (3.0 to 5.9 ft) height at a width of 0.6 to 1 metre (2.0 to 3.3 ft),[3] and is winter hardy down to -20 °C (USDA zone 6 to 7).[2][4] While the original form is a low shrub, a climbing sport also exists (discovered before 1931).[1][7]

Awards

Rosa 'Perle d'Or' was granted several awards, including the Lyon Gold Medal in 1883,[8] and the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Roger Phillips; Martyn Rix (2004). The Ultimate Guide to Roses. Pan Macmillan Ltd. p. 288. ISBN 1 4050 4920 0.
  2. 1 2 3 "'Perle d'Or'". HelpMeFind. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
  3. 1 2 3 Peter Beales (2002). Klassische Rosen [Classic roses] (in German). DuMont. p. 360-361. ISBN 3-8320-8736-2.
  4. 1 2 Meile, Christine; Karl, Udo (2008). Alte Rosen - alte Zeiten [Old Roses - old times] (in German). Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-89639-636-5.
  5. ↑ "'Madame Falcot'". HelpMeFindRoses. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
  6. 1 2 Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson (2010). Rosen - die große Enzyklopädie [RHS Encyclopedia of Roses] (in German). Dorling Kindersley. p. 306. ISBN 978-3-8310-1734-8.
  7. ↑ "'Perle d'Or, Cl.'". HelpMeFind. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
  8. ↑ "'Perle d'Or' Rose Awards". HelpMeFind. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
  9. ↑ "RHS AGM Listing March 2014 (Ornamentals)". RHS. p. 69. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
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