Jeannot

Details


Floral form
Double
Season
Late
Cultivar
Lactiflora
Year introduced
1918
Year acquired
1932
Breeder
Dessert
Country of origin
France
Location
Bed 21
Row
5
Column
E
Bed 21
Row
5
Column
F

History

1921-B014:13 Symposium II rating: 8.9

1923-SPN:347

1928-B:36 Double. 9.2 (Sym. 1925). Pink.

1928-B-d:105 Double type; large; late. Pale rose-pink, deepening to old-rose in center, with a distinct overcast of pale violet; faintly fragrant. Medium height; free-flowering; wiry stems. Good foliage. Technically rose-form but globular in shape, of smooth, waxy substance, with a greenish tint at the base of most petals. Excellent for garden decoration. “Remarkably fine show bloom.”—Fewkes. “Exquisite and delicate in color.”—Mrs. Edward Harding. “A flower of much distinction and great beauty.”—Boyd.

1976-K:044 (Dessert, 1918) Double-Pink-Late. Medium height. Faint fragrance. Large. Pale rose-pink, deepening to old-rose in center, with a distinct overcast of pale violet. Free-flowering wiry stems. Good foliage. Technically rose-form but globular in shape, of smooth, waxy substance with a greenish tint at the base of most petals. Excellent for garden decoration.