Mme Isaac Pereire

Syn: La Bienheureaux de la Salle

 ARS Rating:  8.4

 Class:   Bourbon

 Date:  1881 

Breeder:  Garcon, France

 Blooms:  Double.  Huge, shaggy blooms.  They are sometimes cupped and quartered, and usually appear in clusters.

Bloom Frequency:  Repeats.

 Color:  Deep pink.   Blooms are a deep, purplish pink.

Fragrance:  Very Fragrant

 Thorns:  Has small prickles covering the canes.

 Approximate Height:  7’ x 5’

 Description and Care:  Growth is very vigorous.  This can be a very large bush.  Effective as a pillar rose.  It is outstanding as a pegged rose where it will produce enormous quantities of lateral shoots and more blooms.  It has long canes with deep green leaves.  It will do very well even in poor soil and likes cool shade in the South where summers are very warm.  It may have a little mildew if air circulation is poor.

 Comments:  This famous rose enjoys almost universal praise.  This rose is well adapted to warm climates and will survive with organic gardening methods.

Mme Pereire was a member of a banking family during the reign of Napoleon III.