Rosa 'Ispahan'
{{Short description|Rose cultivar}}
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{{Infobox cultivar
| name = Rosa 'Ispahan'
| image = Rosa damascena0.jpg
| hybrid = Rosa hybrid
| cultivar = 'Ispahan'
| group = Damask
| origin = unknown (before 1827){{cite web|url=http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=10878|title=Pompon des Princes|publisher=HelpMeFind.com Roses|access-date=2014-09-08}}
| marketing_names = Rose d'Ispahan, Pompon des Princes{{cite book |title=Alte Rosen |publisher= BLV |last1=Bauer |first1=Ute |page=33 |ISBN= 3-405-16356-0 |language= de |trans-title=Heirloom Roses |date=2002}}
}}
Rosa 'Ispahan', also known as '
Description
The double flowers are big, reaching a diameter of {{convert|9|cm|in}}, and have a strong, sweet fragrance.{{cite book|author=Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson|title=Rosen - die große Enzyklopädie|date=2010|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|ISBN=978-3-8310-1734-8|page=130|language=de|trans-title=RHS Encyclopedia of Roses}} They appear in great numbers in clusters that can hold up to 15 flowers, and are well suited as cut flowers. Their colour is described as silky medium pink, with a slightly darker middle, and fades only slightly. 'Ispahan' flowers only once, but for six weeks – the longest of all Damask roses.
The vigorous shrub grows {{convert|1.2|to|2.5|m|ft}} tall and {{convert|0.9|to|2|m|ft}} wide, with an overhanging form, light green foliage, and few big prickles. It is robust, disease resistant, and winter hardy up to -20 °C (USDA zone 5 to 6).{{cite book |title=Alte Rosen - alte Zeiten |publisher= Wißner-Verlag |location=Augsburg |last1=Meile |first1=Christine |last2=Karl |first2=Udo |pages=80–81 |ISBN= 978-3-89639-636-5 |language= de |trans-title=Old Roses - old times |date=2008}} The cultivar tolerates half shade, poor soils and is well suited for harsher climates. It can be grown in containers, solitary, in groups or as hedges.{{cite book |title=Quickfinder Rosen |publisher= Gräfe und Unzer |last1=Bauer |first1=Ute |last2=Grothe |first2=Bärbel |page=57 |ISBN= 978-3-8338-1726-7 |language= de |trans-title=Quickfinder Roses |date=2010}}
History
Its origin is unclear – it was introduced in the UK by the garden designer Norah Lindsay (1873–1948), but was probably developed in the early 19th century – probably in Persia. The cultivar is named 'Ispahan' after the city Isfahan in Iran, renowned for its gardens and roses, where the cultivar was discovered in a garden.{{cite book|author=Peter Beales|title=Rosen - meine Leidenschaft|date=2004|publisher=Christian Verlag|ISBN=3-88472-646-3|page=50|language=de|trans-title=Peter Beales - A Passion for Roses}}
The cultivar is still popular. David Austin still recommends it highly as free flowering, among the first Old Roses to start blooming and the last to continue, and for its fine Damask fragrance. Peter Beales counts it as one of his favourite Damask roses, Christine Meile calls the flowering 'Ispahan' the most attractive rose bush and an ideal solitaire plant, if one has enough space. In 1993, and was granted the Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm_march2014-ornamentals |title=RHS AGM Listing March 2014 (Ornamentals) |publisher=RHS |page=68 |access-date=2014-09-04}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Rosa 'Ispahan'|Rosa 'Ispahan'}}
- [http://www.ph-rose-gardens.com/02018.htm Peaceful Habitations Rose Gardens]
- {{YouTube|oZ4Z2sBeWeQ|"Fauré - Les Roses d'Ispahan Op.39-4"}}
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