Bourbon Roses

          

The Bourbon Roses get there name from the French island of Ile De Bourbon (Now Reunion) where the original Bourbon Rose first occured as a spontanious hybrid between Old Blush and Quatre Saisons. They are repeat flowering roses which either descend from the original or from similar crosses between China roses and Damasks.

They grow to around 10 ft tall, have glossy leaves and large sweet-scented flowers. Famous examples include Louise Odier and Madame Isaac Pereire (both pictured above)