Zéphirine Drouhin (Rose)
| Zephirine Drouhin | |
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| Synonyms | 'Belle Dijonaise', 'Charles Bonnet', 'Mme Gustave Bonnet', 'Ingegnoli Predilatta' |
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| group | Bourbon rose |
| origin | France |
| breeder | Bizot |
| Launch | 1868 |
| List of rose varieties | |
The Bourbon Rose Zéphirine Drouhin was bred by the Swiss Charles Gustave Bonnet as 'Mme Gustave Bonnet' and Bizot in 1868 as 'Zephirine Drouhin' in France introduced . The variety 'Zephirine Drouhin' is named after the wife of the French rose lover Drouhin from Sémur-en-Auxois on the Côte-d'Or . It is also sold under the names 'Belle Dijonaise', 'Charles Bonnet', 'Mme Gustave Bonnet', 'Ingegnoli Predilatta'.
This not particularly hardy variety forms strong, large shrubs that can reach heights of up to 3 meters. Its shoot is red-leaved. It is considered the most famous "thornless" rose. 'Zéphirine Drouhin' can be grown as a shrub rose , in column form or on a trellis as a climbing rose, needs an airy space and is unfortunately a little susceptible to mildew . 'Zéphirine Drouhin' has loosely double , light red, about 9 cm large, strong, sweet smelling flowers . It blooms permanently from June to autumn. In the fall, it bears large, orange-colored rose hips .
She received the RHS Prize in 1993 .
Sports
Two rose-blooming sports of the rose variety 'Zéphirine Drouhin' have been discovered: 'Kathleen Harrop' (Dickson, 1919) and 'Marthe' (Zeiner, 1911).
Sports from 'Zéphirine Drouhin':
'Kathleen Harrop', Dickson, 1919
'Marthe', Zeiner, 1911
Fiction
In Agatha Christie's crime novel Sad Cypress , the stinglessness of Zéphirine Drouhin is an important clue who leads the detective Hercule Poirot on the right track. The murderess had stated that she sustained a stab wound on this rose. Christie describes the rose in detail and also has a rose expert appear in the courtroom.
See also
literature
- Heinrich Schultheis: Roses: the best types and varieties for the garden , Ulmer: Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8001-6601-1 , p. 133.
- Charles & Brigid Quest-Ritson: Roses: The Great Encyclopedia / The Royal Horticultural Society; Translation by Susanne Bonn; Editor: Agnes Pahler; Starnberg: Dorling Kindersley, 2004, ISBN 3-8310-0590-7 .
