A lightly fragrant rose of the palest pink, Souvenir de la Malmaison produces prolific blooms. The nearly continuous blooms sometimes stop in the hottest part of the summer. It is a Bourbon rose, introduced in 1843, and it grows about three feet tall in our area.
Souvenir de la Malmaison in the Oval Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens
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