Rosa ‘Solfaterre’

Usually classified as a Noisette, but included among the Indicas (Chinas) in Macarthur’s hand-written 1861 list.  ‘Solfaterre’ has bright straw-coloured flowers with a deeper sulphur centre, rather tender.  [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888), Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Henry Curtis p.1 vol.2/1853, Amat].

 

 

Horticultural & Botanical History

Bred by Boyau of Angers in 1843.  According to a number of contemporary sources ‘Lamarque’ and ‘Park's Yellow Tea-scented China’ were the parents of ‘Cloth of Gold’ and ‘Solfaterre’.

 

 

History at Camden Park

Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [T.889/1850].  Obtained from Veitch’s Nursery in the same importation as ‘Narcisse’.  Believed to be new to the colony.  [ML A1980-3].

 

 

Notes

Published Feb 11, 2010 - 03:14 PM | Last updated Jul 29, 2011 - 05:22 PM

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Family Rosaceae
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Garden origin, France
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Name in the Camden Park Record

Rosa Solfaterre 

 

 
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