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    'Madame Legras de St. Germain' rose Reviews & Comments
    most recent 7 NOV 20  
    RoseMadame Legras de St. Germain
    Initial post 7 NOV 20 by Viviane SCHUSSELE
    Membre de la famille de François-Théodore ou de Charles Legras Maître verrier
    most recent 29 JUL 15  
    RoseMadame Legras de St. Germain
    Initial post 6 JAN 14 by Smtysm
    My Mme Legras, if it is Mme Legras, is having a second flush, a bit over a month after the first.
    Reply #1 posted 6 JAN 14 by Nastarana
    Some of the hybrid albas do have some rebloom. Mme L. is believed my many experts to likely be an alba/noisette cross.

    Vintage Garden reported that California growers of Alba semiplena and Alba maxima were seeing some fall rebloom.

    Occasional rebloom on some albas is not altogether unheard of. OTOH, if you bought the everblooming Koningen von Denmark which was being sold in California nurseries in the late 90s, what you really got was a Portland, probably Jacques Cartier.
    Reply #2 posted 6 JAN 14 by Smtysm
    Thank you Nastarana. This is reassuring to know. It's very interesting and exciting to learn yet more that is special about a cherished rose.
    Reply #3 posted 28 JUL 15 by styrax
    The yellow flush to very fresh blooms also points to perhaps some Musk or China ancestry.
    Reply #4 posted 28 JUL 15 by Smtysm
    That would be a strong clue indeed. Could you point me in the direction of some books where this is discussed? The yellow in the petal bases of some Teas [via Chinas] has often been noted, but the Musk attributes knowledge is new to me. I'd like to learn more.
    Reply #5 posted 29 JUL 15 by styrax
    Have to find it , but on site bulbnrose.x10.mx

    Moschata possess carotenes rather unlike other roses, when crossed with roses that lack certaain enzymes, the carotenes produce yellow pigment.
    Reply #6 posted 29 JUL 15 by Smtysm
    This site links to a huge amount of interesting material.