Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Light pink
Extra Bloom Info: Lightly cupped, usually quartered, with occasional button eye, in tight clusters
Rebloom: None
Class: Alba
Extra Color Info: Pale pink fading to white
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Parmentier, 1834
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 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: 4-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 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
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Felicite Parmentier'
  • 'Félicité'

Common names
  • Rose
  • Hybrid Alba Rose
Also sold as:
  • Félicité Parmentier

Photo Gallery
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-12
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-24
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-21
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-17
Location: Poland. From my collection.
Location: Poland. From my collection.
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-24
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-12
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-17
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Poland. From my collection.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-27
Location: Hafnarfjordur, SW Iceland
Date: August 2010
Uploaded by Cottage_Rose
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Poland. From my collection.
Location: Hafnarfjordur, SW Iceland
Date: August 3, 2009

Photo courtesy of Tasman Bay Roses
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

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