Rosa 'Zephirine Drouhin': Unopened buds
Rosa 'Zephirine Drouhin': Cerise-pink flowers
The rose 'Zephirine Drouhin' is probably the only rose that would qualify to be planted in front of our house flanking our north-facing garage doors. When I planted them (three plants) my children were small and played on the driveway a lot. This rose is thornless and kids are safe around it. I purchased three of them in Petaluma about eight years ago.
This old Bourbon rose is overwhelmingly fragrant. It produces clusters of stunning cerise-pink old-fashioned flowers throughout spring, summer, and fall. An excellent candidate to train on arbors, wall, trellises, or around pillars, it grows vigorously up to 10+ feet tall. The front of our house gets the sun the later in afternoon and yet this rose is doing just fine. Therefore, I can say that it can tolerate some shade. This rose is very responsive to fertilizer. A little complete fertilizer goes along way with this easy-to-grow and delightful rose.
The problem I've noted with this rose is its tendency to attract aphids and its susceptibility to powdery mildew. It is possible that the mildew problem could be less in full-sun growing environment.
Consider having 'Zephirine Drouhin' in your garden. She will surely delight you.
2 comments:
Hmm I wonder if this could be the rose that will actually have a nice wafting fragrance for me in the central valley. I have many fragrants like Mister Lincoln and Perfume Delight, but I really have to stick my nose in there to detect any fragrance.
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