Bellard

Bellard, unknown circa 1857

Rose Bellard 

Gallica 

We don't know who the creator was of this rose and she's rather rare but boy does she have beautiful flowers and her fragrance is of the most powerful of all Gallica's. 

Medium sized, light pink rosettes with darker shading in the center. They stand in clusters. Her key feature is the green button eye which makes her even more elegant and with this she's in good Mme Hardy company. The fragrance is overpowering and the best of all Gallica's. She blooms for six weeks depending on the temperature.

Growth is slender and bushy with the typical coarse green foliage of the Gallica family. She can reach 130X100 cm or 4X3 feet. If she's pruned at one height in autumn she'll become more dense and rounded but best not to prune the first three years as with all old roses.

Very hardy with zone 4b to 10b so she's suitable for the more colder regions in America and Scandinavia. She can take partial shade and the blooms are rain tolerant as long as it doesn't last for days.

A beautiful, mysterious gem which should be grown more often.