Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Rosa 'Mme. Pierre Oger' was sold to me by John Tuytle as
Rosa 'Louise Odier'. Both are
Bourbon Roses and I eventually secured Louise Odier. But
John Tuytle's surprise roses can be very pleasant ones. Rosa 'Mme. Pierre Oger' is not the kind of rose you can find anywhere. Verdier hybridized it in France in 1878 and Peter Beales describes her thus:
A sport of 'La Reine Victoria'. Very pale silvery-pink, translucent, cupped flowers with the form of small water-lilies, sweetly scented.
Rosa 'Mme. Pierre Oger' was sold to me by John Tuytle as Rosa 'Louise Odier'. Both are Bourbon Roses and I eventually secured Louise Odier. But John Tuytle's surprise roses can be very pleasant ones. Rosa 'Mme. Pierre Oger' is not the kind of rose you can find anywhere. Verdier hybridized it in France in 1878 and Peter Beales describes her thus:
A sport of 'La Reine Victoria'. Very pale silvery-pink, translucent, cupped flowers with the form of small water-lilies, sweetly scented.
