'Duc de Cambridge' Rose

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'Duc de Cambridge' rose Description

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'Duc de Cambridge (hybrid perpetual, Margottin, 1857)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of merilwen

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Duke of Cambridge (hybrid perpetual, Margottin, 1857)

HMF Ratings:

9 favorite votes.

ARS:

Hybrid Perpetual.

Origin:

Bred by Jacques-Julien Margottin père (1817-1892) (France, 1857).
Introduced in Australia by John J. Rule, Victoria Nursery in 1860 as 'Duke of Cambridge'.

Class:

Hybrid Perpetual.

Bloom:

Crimson. Large, double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seedling of Madame Frémion

Notes:

The POM study in Sweden classed 'Duc de Cambridge' as a Bourbon (see References); it is therefore possible that 'Duc de Cambridge' in gardens and commerce is not the damask by Laffay, but rather the HP by Margottin.