Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' – Historic Bourbon Rose

Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' (Bourbon / Old Garden Rose)

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Rosa

Cultivar

Souvenir de la Malmaison

Additional Names

Queen of Beauty and Fragrance

Hybridizer

Beluze

Introduced

1843

A legendary Bourbon rose from 1843, 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' is often called the "Queen of Beauty and Fragrance." It produces large, quartered, very double flowers of a delicate, clear pink, opening flat and reflexing gracefully. The fragrance is intensely rich, sweet, and complex—considered by many the benchmark of old rose perfume. The plant is a spreading, arching shrub 4–5 feet tall, with relatively few thorns and grey-green foliage. It repeats well for an old rose. A true aristocrat of the rose world, essential for the heirloom garden.