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Revised 2018

Zéphirine Drouhinnoun

  1. 1901–
    A variety of thornless climbing Bourbon rose having fragrant pink flowers, first introduced in France in 1868.
    1. 1901
      Rose ‘Zéphirine Drouhin’.
      Journal of Royal Horticultural Society vol. 26 578 (heading)
    2. 1931
      The old thornless Rose (Zéphirine Drouhin) makes an excellent bush, and its lovely, fragrant blooms of soft rose-colour..are freely produced for weeks together.
      H. H. Thomas, Rose Book viii. 72
    3. 1940
      Do you know the name of this rose? It is Zephyrine Droughin [sic].
      A. Christie, Sad Cypress ii. xii. 193
    4. 1983
      Zephirine Drouhin is a fragrant climber with cerise-pink semi-double flowers and is thornless.
      Woman's Journal January 85/2
    5. 2015
      Climbing rose Zéphirine Drouhin will make a superb investment, with the potential of 20-30 years of gardening pleasure.
      Sunday Express Magazine (Nexis) 29 March 51

Zéphirine Drouhin, n. was revised in June 2018.

Zéphirine Drouhin, n. was last modified in July 2023.