'Capitaine Williams' rose Description
Photo courtesy of o-planten
ARS:
Dark red.
Registration name: Capitaine Williams
Exhibition name: Capitaine Williams
Bloom:
Dark red. Mild fragrance. Medium, very double bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 8b. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood.. Prune after flowering is finished.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Possibly in memoriam of Captain Williams, who drowned on July,8 1822 near La Spezia together with his friend, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).
'Captain Williams' in Sangerhausen seems to be a Portland rose. possibly 'Comte de Chambord'.
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