'À Feuilles de Chanvre' Rose

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'À Feuilles de Chanvre' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Boat-leaved Rose
• Cannabina (alba)
• Hemp-Leaved White Rose
• Rosa alba cannabina
• Rosa alba cymbaefolia
• Rosa alba staxon cymbaefolia Redouté & Thory
• Rosa alba var. cymbaefolia (Redouté) Heinr.Braun
• Rosa cannabifolia
• Rosa X alba cannabifolia
• Rosa X cannabifolia
• Rosier blanc à feuilles de Chanvre

HMF Ratings:

66 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Alba.
Registration name: À Feuilles de Chanvre
Exhibition name: Rosa alba cymbaefolia

Origin:

Discovered by Flobert (France, 1807).

Class:

Alba.

Bloom:

White, pink undertones. Strong fragrance. Average diameter 1.5". Small, semi-double to double, in small clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer. Long sepals buds.

Habit:

Few or no prickles/thorns. Matte, blue-green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Height: 39" to 9'10" (100 to 300cm). Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 3b through 9b.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

sport of Alba Semi-plena

Notes:

Rosa alba var. cymbaefolia (Redouté) Heinr.Braun. Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 802. 1892.
‘A feuilles de chanvre’, was first observed in 1807 by a Monsieur Flobert, near Laon, north-east of France. It was then presented to the famous Jardin des Plantes in Paris in 1810 by Mr. Le Pelletier.

[Source: L'Haÿ-les-roses Label]