'Ville de Paris' Rose

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'Ville de Paris' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of petera

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• No 87 x 22

HMF Ratings:

14 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Ville de Paris
Exhibition name: Ville de Paris

Origin:

Bred by Joseph Pernet-Ducher (France, before 1924).
Introduced in France by Grandes Roseraies du Val de la Loire in 1925 as 'Ville de Paris'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1926 as 'Ville de Paris'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea, Pernetiana.

Bloom:

Golden-yellow, orange shading, darker center, ages to lemon-yellow . Mild to strong fragrance. Large, double (17-25 petals), cupped, globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, upright. Glossy, reddish-purple foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b 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.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Souvenir de Claudius Pernet × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

In the 1925 Bagatelle contest, this Rose was declared the most important yellow garden Rose, and deemed worthy of the name 'Ville de Paris' for which honor a large cash premium had been posted several years previously -- to be awarded when a Rose good enough for it could be produced. Every French hybridizer competed for that greatest honor -- and purse. After winning it, Monsieur Pernet declared this to be the crowning of his long career, and retired from business. (He died Nov. 23, 1928.)