Rosa ‘Mademoiselle Alice Leroy’
Hybrid Perpetual. ‘Mademoiselle Alice Leroy’ has delicate, shaded rose-coloured flowers, large, cupped and full, borne in clusters, growth moderate. Paul considered it to a pretty and distinct rose. [Paul (1863, 1888, 1903), Rivers 1854].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘Mademoiselle Alice Leroy’ was included in an Énumération des plus belles variétiés et….des autres!, almost all Hybrid Perpetuals, in an article in the Flore des Serres by Louis van Houtte. [FS pgs.91-102 vol.15/1864].
History at Camden Park
Arrived from Veitch’s Nursery, Chelsea on Dec, 31st, 1859 on board the ‘Hollinside’ but dead on arrival. For more detail see Rosa ‘Ducher’.
Notes
Another possibility is ‘Alice Leroi’, bred by William Paul in 1842. Centifolia Moss rose. ‘Alice Leroi’ has large, double, well-mossed cupped flowers, lilac blush in colour, shaded with rose. It is a neat and pretty rose, with upright habit, very robust and vigorous. [Paul 1848].
Published Feb 12, 2010 - 05:19 PM | Last updated Jul 27, 2011 - 10:32 AM
| Family | Rosaceae |
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| Region of origin | Garden origin, probably France |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Alice Leroy
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| Confidence level | medium |