Marguerite Gerard

Acquired: 1924
Record Updated February 17, 2022
Double

Form

Double
Pink

Color

Pink
Midseason

Season

Midseason

Cultivar Group

lactiflora
Introduced
1892

Breeder

Crousse

Country of Origin

France

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History

1916-Farr:27 Medium size, flat, compact, semi-rose type. Lilac-white, fading to milk-white, 2(7), golden yellow, 2(16), staminodes or short, narrow petals around the collar. Fragrance X. Very tall, free bloomer. Very late. 75 cts.

1918-B006-I:15

1921-B014:16 Symposium II rating: 8.1

1923-SPN:348

1928-B:44 Double. 8.1 (Sym. 1925). White.

1928-B-d:117 Double type; large; very late. Very pale old-rose-pink, changing quickly to white, brightened by a ring of yellow stamens and staminodes in the collar; fragrance fair. Very tall; floriferous; strong stems. Good foliage. It is not a very distinct variety and is not widely distributed. Its chief merit seems to be its very late flowering. “This variety has always appealed to me as very handsome and quite distinct.”—Fewkes.

1976-K:059 (Calot, 1868) – Double – Pink – Very Late. Very tall. Fair fragrance. Large. Very pale old-rose-pink, changing quickly to white, brightened by a ring of yellow stamens and staminodes in the collar. Floriferous; strong stems. Good foliage. M.

Specimens in the Garden

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