Rutebeuf

Hybrid Gallica
Hybridized by Jean-Pierre Vibert 1995

This fragrant rose has medium sized, semi-double flowers. Petals are crimson purple and textured like velvet. Wood is supple.

Rutebeuf was a French poet (1230-1285). One of his most famous texts, La Complainte de Rutebeuf, was set to music by Léo Ferré in 1956 and entitled Pauvre Rutebeuf.