Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Other: Cupped to flat
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Extra Bloom Info: Mossed buds
Rebloom: Some
Class: Moss
Extra Color Info: Rose-pink, with lighter edges and lighter reverse
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Francois Lacharme, 1854
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 5-9

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: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

Image
Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Salet'
  • 'Melchior Salet'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Uploaded by Henhouse
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-17
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-29

photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: In my  garden. Poland.
Uploaded by melva
Uploaded by melva
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-04-30

Date: c. 1913
photo from the 1913 catalog, Biltmore Nursery Roses, Asheville, N
Location: Heritage Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Heritage Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-17
Uploaded by melva
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-17
Location: From my  garden. Poland.
Location: In my  garden. Poland.
Location: In my  garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Date: 2016-06-10
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Date: 2016-06-10

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