Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
"Classified as a Centifolia or Cabbage Rose, the original name, date, and breeding of ‘Fantin-Latour’ are unknown. Its blush pink blossoms open flat to display a swirl of petals, after the fashion of roses painted by the French artist whose name it now bears. Centifolias, in fact, were known as "the rose of the painters", and their full, sweet shapes can be identified in many a flower study from the last several centuries. ‘Fantin-Latour’ blooms in the spring on a hardy bush with lovely green leaves and few prickles."

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