Colcestria

Colcestria, Cant 1916

Climbing Hybrid Tea 

A kind of reblooming Constance Spry with even more petals and an extreme old rose fragrance? Does such a rose exists? Yes! The people at Loubert roses answered my question in an email. Loubert has old and rare, almost forgotten roses and they told me about a rose they sell: Colcestria!

Colcestria is a climbing Hybrid tea created by Cant in 1916. Growing up to 300 cm this vigorous rose bears giant silvery pink blooms. They remind us of Pierre de Ronsard (Eden) and of course Constance Spry but with even more petals. It's fragrance is incroyable to quote Loubert. Yes it's reblooming so Colcestria blooms in flushes. It's buds are so big and I've only seen that with Pierre de Ronsard.

For people who love puffy, over the top, Baroque roses with a strong fragrance, Colcestria is the way to go!