Louise Odier
(Bourbon, seedling of Emile Courtier, 1851) – medium cool pink. Some consider this cultivar the quintessential Old Garden
rose. It has many things going for it. Clusters of nodding highly scented blooms appear wave after wave from early summer
until frost. Each 3 inch flower starts out deeply cupped before quartering into a loosely filled rosette. The color is a good clear
medium pink washed with just the lightest tint of lilac. A versatile garden subject, Louise Odier can be grown as a large free-
standing shrub, pegged down, or better yet trained onto an arch or pillar so the luscious blooms can be enjoyed from below.
For a Bourbon rose the disease resistance is good and it might be worth trying in a no spray garden provided you live anywhere
but the eastern seaboard. Canes are nearly thornless too. Winter hardy to zone 4.
Image courtesy of Ginni Davis.
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