General Jacqueminot
Old Rose
Colour: Crimson
Flowering: Repeat Flowering
Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose/fruity
Size: Medium Shrub
4ft (125cm)
3ft (90cm)
Bloom Size: Large
Breeder: Roussel
Year of Introduction: 1853
Once the most widely grown crimson roses; the flowers are richly coloured and full-petalled, with a particularly strong fragrance. It is the ancestor of most red roses. Responds well to good cultivation. Roussel, 1853.
