Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Globular
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Light pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: None
Class: Other: Hybrid Sempervirens
Extra Color Info: Pale pink, aging to white
Growth Habit: Rambler with arching canes, climbing to 14-16 feet
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Antoine A. Jacques, 1826
Optimal growing zones: Zone 6b and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 14-16 feet
Plant Spread: 10-12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2006 Great Plant Picks Award Winner

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Adelaide d'Orleans'
  • 'Wood's Don Juan'
  • 'Adelia Aurelianensis'

Common names
  • Hybrid Sempervirens Rose
  • Rose
  • Rambling Rose
Also sold as:
  • Adélaide d'Orléans

Photo Gallery
Location: Wynyard garden, Durham, UK
Date: 2019-07-16
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2022-07-01
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-27
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2022-07-01
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21

Date: c. 1833
illustration by P.J. Redouté from 'Choix des belles fleurs', 183
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-07-22
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2022-07-01

At Alnwick Garden

Photo courtesy of: florum
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-06-29

Photo courtesy of Tasman Bay Roses

Photo courtesy of: florum

Photo courtesy of: florum
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: A. Barra

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