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'DELpapi' rose Description
'Souvenirs de Marcel Proust' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Waldgarten
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
25 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Floribunda.
Origin:
Bred by G. Delbard (France, before 1992).
Class:
Hybrid Tea, Shrub.   (Series: Grand Parfums Collection)  
Bloom:
Yellow.  Strong, apricot or peach, cinnamon fragrance.  Double (17-25 petals), cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy, well-branched.  Large, matte, light green foliage.  

Height: up to 32" (up to 80cm).  Width: 20" to 2' (50 to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third..  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Souvenir de Marcel Proust is one of the new varieties being added to the RINZ Rose Display Trial at the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens in 1999.


Internal breeder code: 7.947.259. Participated in the 1992 Monza Competition. (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli.)
Marcel Proust was born on 10 July 1871 in Paris, France. He died on 18 November 1922, in Paris.

Note: The ARS classification for this rose is Shrub, not Hybrid Tea.

 
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