Damask Perpetual, Portland Rose 'Comte de Chambord'

'Comte de Chambord' is also known and sold as 'Madame de Knorr' and 'Madame Boll', but they are all one and the same identical rose.

This is a wonderful rose. I 'm a 'novice' in growing roses and I only grow a few in my garden. Not because I don 't love roses, but my g...Read Morearden is to small for all wishes to grow. R. 'Comte de Chambord' is happy in my garden. No diseases, not a single spot on its leaves. It repeats flowering very well and its flowers smell heavenly. That 's why I 've planted it close to my terrace. So I can enjoy it at most.

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Having added this rose to my collection this summer, I have a few remarks.
For me, it is excep...Read Moretionally beautiful and really embodies the old rose look, with it's fat, crepe-like, violet pink blooms and blue-green, slightly mossed foliage. It's perfume is powerful and complex, perhaps in my top five 'smell' roses of all time, a true vintage scent with that powdery, indefinable 'rose' element that seems lacking from so many modern cultivars. In fact, for me it smells very much like 'sa majeste la rose', the Serge Lutens perfume. It's very floriferous right now in early summer.

All this said, there are some issues- it's slightly mossy stems are beloved by aphids, and about half the buds will ball and rot after rain. But you probably know this is an 'old rose' quirk and a trade-off against the superior grace and charm of these varieties, vs the modern types. Overall it is a very worthwhile addition, busy with both flowers and foliage, pretty as a whole, and gorgeously fragrant.

Just dont shove it in amongst a whole bunch of modern hybrid teas, as it will look rather ridiculous. Sits very well in a mixed border, the flower shape and texture being sympathetic with other species.

This was my first rose purchase (I have a yellow rose bush from the prior homeowner) and I'm thrilled with the color and form of this pin...Read Morek beauty. I feel an antique rose addiction coming on. This one was so hearty - I put it in the ground late March and I got lots of blooms in May.