Duchesse
De Brabant
Earth Kind is an important designation given to select roses by
the Texas A&M University Agriculture program. Earth Kind Roses
have been through rigorous statewide testing and evaluation by
a team of horticultural experts and found to possess the high
level of landscape performance and utstanding disease and insect
tolerance/resistance required to for this special designation.
Earth Kind
Roses are among the most thoroughly tested and environmentally
responsible plants for the use in Texas landscapes. These roses
do very well in almost any soil type, from the well-drained
acid sands of East Texas to the poorly aerated, highly alkaline
clays of central and Southwest Texas. Earth Kind roses are certainly
not immune to pest problems. However, their tolerance to pests
is so great that they rarely require the use of chemical pesticides.
Duchesse
De Brabant was introduced by Bernéde (France) in 1857
and named for The Duke of Brabant, who was a Belgian prince.
President Teddy Roosevelt was very fond of this rose and often
wore a bud or flower as a boutonniere. This cultivar has large,
pink, extremely fragrant flowers and blooms continuously throughout
the growing season. The flowers are very double with a unique
cabbage-like appearance.
Cultivar
Name: Duchesse de Brabant
Blossom Color: Rose Pink
Blossom & Fragrance: Very Full - Fragrant
Blooming Period: April - November
Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
Mature Width: 4 feet
Rose Category: Tea
Growth Habit: Medium Shrub
Landscape
Uses:
Like so many of the old roses, Duchesse De Brabant works well
as a stand alone specimen, providing a useful accent in a perennial
border. This shrubby bush has a spreading form that reaches
4 – 6 feet. Adequate spacing is required for this selection
to maintain optimum growth and flowering.
The Earth
Kind designation also ensures that Duchesse De Brabant is extremely
resource efficient with outstanding landscape performance characteristics.
 Join
the Earth Kind Rose Brigade:
We invite you to become a member of the “Earth Kind Rose
Brigade,” a group of dedicated amateurs helping to conduct
advanced field testing of experimental rose selections. Your
participation will be educational as well as valuable in providing
information to the Earth Kind Team of Extension specialists
and research scientists at Texas A&M University.
To
participate, simply purchase and plant one or more of the Brigade
roses then, at one, two, three, and four years after transplanting,
provide the benefit of your growing experience.
These
cultivars should be planted where they will receive at least
8 hours of direct sun each day with good air movement over the
foliage. The use of compost and organic mulches is encouraged.
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