Magazine (2021) Page(s) 25. Vol 43, No. 3.
Editor: Some plants of Souvenir de Mme Léonie Viennot in Australia have scattered flowers most of the year, after the spring flush. Comment from Billy West: “Different plants - even ones propagated from the same parent plant - differ in recurrence, habit, bloom size and form, petal and leaf substance and disease resistance”. See also the winter photo on p. 43.
Website/Catalog (21 May 2020)
Mme. Leonnie Viennot (Greens form. We obtained this from Australia, a particularly refined form of this variety. The foliage is less puckered and for us it continues to flower after the initial flush.
Magazine (2016) Page(s) 21. Vol 38, No. 2. Includes photo(s).
Richard Walsh. Souvenir de Madame Léonie Viennot
Léonie is listed as a yellow blend climbing Tea Rose in Modern Roses, bred by Bernaix in 1898. I would have described it as a pink blend, because that is the impression you get when the plant is in full flight. There are yellow undertones, but the pink is dominant.... I wonder why it is not classified as "Tea Noisette" as its mother 'Gloire de Dijon' (although this is acknowledged on HelpMefind).....It was also noted in the Journal des Roses magazine that "One of the main booths (at the 1890 exhibition at Dijon) - the best, perhaps - was that of Messrs. Viennot et fils, Dijon rose men..." Perhaps one of their wives was our Madame Léonie.
Magazine (2015) Page(s) 31. Vol 37, No. 1.
Dr. Michael Simpson. Old Roses: An Uncommon Pleasure in a Busy World.
Souvenir de Mme. Léonie Viennot is an extremely pretty robust rose which is as unruly as a schoolies weekend at the Gold Coast, but easy to forgive. We probably have not engineered our arches and trellises sufficiently to manage this rose. Oh well.
Newsletter (Apr 2014) Page(s) 19.
[From "What is the next step?", by John Hook]
There are a lot of early descriptions of roses mentioning many characteristics, and these can be helpful, but over the period of 100+ years there is likely to be some genetic drift. In ! ve generations of selectively taking cuttings, I have noticed variations. Locally, Souvenir de Madame Leonie Viennot is a good example. It has been growing everywhere around here, reputedly for the last 100 years. Over this period people have continually taken cuttings and started their own plants. Currently many variants exist such with varying leaf shape and length, prickles, $ ower shade, and both once blooming or remontan
Magazine (2013) Page(s) 61. Vol 35, No. 4.
Bob Longmore. South West Region.
On Sunday 20 October our group attended Max and Carole Barringtons' Frog Hollow property for a garden tour. Of special interest was the garden's recovery from the previous quite devastating Bridgetown fire which badly burned several outstanding rose bushes. Depsite that, they have shown quite remarkable recovery in various parts of the garden. in particular, a specimen of Souvenir de Mme. Leonie Viennot an old climbing Tea, remarkably survived probably by virtue of being on its own root stock!
Book (2003) Page(s) 83.
Souvenir de Mme. Léonie Viennot. (Bernaix, 1898). This is the best known of Bernaix’s Teas, still widely grown and sold. Its flowers have almost a modern look. The flowers are fairly large (10-11 cm), open flat and very full with recurved petals like a paeony. They are deep peachy pink at first, but turn pinker and paler as they age. The outer petals fade to pale pink and the backs are silvery pink. The flowers are strongly tea scented and set off by the dark green, rather corrugated leaves, which have long leaflets and red midribs. Its first flowering comes early, but it flowers continually in warm climates and grows densely to about 3m.
Book (15 Oct 2001) Page(s) 87.
Phillip Robinson. Tea Roses. A Climbing Tea that bears a marked resemblance in foliage and flower form to 'Duchesse de Brabant' is 'Souvenir de Mme. Leonie Viennot' of 1898. 'Mme. Viennot' presents a problem in that 'Gloire de Dijon' has been mentioned as its seed parent. She shows no outward resemblance to that rose.
Magazine (2001) Page(s) 2 Vol 23, No. 1. Includes photo(s).
Cover photo [Deep pink colour]
Editor: Cover Rose. Souvenir de Madame Leonie Viennot. Climbing Tea Rose. Bernaix, France 1897. A typical Tea Rose. Beautifully shaped buds of coral red opening to loose informal silky blooms. Apricot-yellow shaded to copper-pink with coppery-red overtones, an effect which is enhanced in the warm sunlight. A delicious Tea Rose fragrance. Recurrent flowering throughout the year, well into early winter. A vigorous climber up to 4 metres or more, with good foliage. This rose is not often found overseas preferring warmer climates of Australia and New Zealand.
Book (Dec 2000) Page(s) 28.
Souvenir de Mme. Léonie Viennot Noisette. Alexandre Bernaix 1897
