Louis Philippe

Class: China

Cultivation: Vigorous, bushy, once flowering

Flower Size: 26-40 petals

Scent: Light

Color: Deep crimson

Height/Spread: 3’-5’, 3’

Disease resistance: Yes

The flowers are double, deep crimson with a touch of blush at the center and like all old Chinas exhibits an occasional white streak through the petals. This rose is often confused with ‘Cramoisi Superieur’. The only differences we can detect is that ‘Louis Philippe’ is more compact and the color varies. A Texas statesman, Lorenzo de Zavala, collected this rose during his 1834 stint as Minister to France and planted it at his home in Lynchburg.