Rancho Santa Rita, TX (Zone 8a) | March 2012 | positive
Per the description on the Antique Rose Emporium website: " one rose authority calls ‘Ferdinand Pichard’ "the last of the Bourbon rac...Read Moree." A very unique flower, it is described as a pale blush striped
crimson in a cupped, double bloom.
The foliage is a pale lettuce green and the bloom has a very sweet scent. Striped and mottled roses might sound quite vulgar, but "in person" they are very attractive and desirable. "
I wanted to adda comment about the fragrance of Rosa Ferdinand Pichard. I have found this rose to be very fragrant which is why I like it...Read More. I am not fond of the candy-stripe colouring but it does fade to a mauve/pink as the flower ages reminding me of Victorian greetings cards. I grew it originally in Cloverdale British Columbia where it was both vigorous and abundant in flowering growing to six feet and 3 feet wide, densely packed with flowers. Cloverdale has a heavy clay soil which is extremely fertile. I found most roses like this. Here in Hope it has been less vigorous perhaps due to the very fine silty soil and lack of natural organic matter in the Fraser River deposits on which the town is built.
Very hardy in an unprotected Zone 5 location. This rose gets better as it becomes more established. The only drawback is the virtual la...Read Moreck of fragrance, but it's a good performer and a tidy, well-behaved rose.
Per the description on the Antique Rose Emporium website: " one rose authority calls ‘Ferdinand Pichard’ "the last of the Bourbon rac...Read More
I wanted to adda comment about the fragrance of Rosa Ferdinand Pichard. I have found this rose to be very fragrant which is why I like it...Read More
Very hardy in an unprotected Zone 5 location. This rose gets better as it becomes more established. The only drawback is the virtual la...Read More
Free recurrent flowering. Tolerates poorer soils. A tough beauty, with unique colouring.