Rosa rampicante Princesse Sibilla de Luxembourg

The rose Princess Sibilla de Luxembourg ®, little known despite its magnificent track record, is interesting for its flexible and trailing growth habit, allowing it to be used in the garden as a shrub or as a small climbing plant for training on a trellis. Its purple flowers are semi-double and wavy, revealing a light throat and a pretty heart of yellow stamens. Their subtle and refined musky scent perfumes the air. They gather in bouquets that bloom for several months, until early autumn, in successive waves. It is a versatile rose, original, full of charm, and disease-resistant. A very beautiful combination with the rose Westerland!

The rose Princess Sibilla de Luxembourg 'Orafrantanov' was bred and introduced to the market in the 2000s by the Orard rose gardens, a family business located in Feyzin, not far from Lyon. This creation, awarded on 3 continents, boasts an impressive track record:

• Gold Medal, ROME, BADEN-BADEN, NAGAOKA (Japan) 2007
• Silver Medal, MONZA, GENEVA, ADELAIDE (Australia) 2007
• Best Landscaping Rose and Most Beautiful Rose Award, BARCELONA 2007

It is a repeat-flowering variety, producing medium-sized flowers, rain-resistant, grouped in generous clusters. The June bloom is massive, renewing in waves throughout the summer, with a generous autumn rebloom. The bush, with a flexible growth habit and arching stems, will quickly reach 1 m in height by 90 cm in width if left unpruned. Trained against a support and shaped, it can climb up to 1.50 or 2 m in height, or even more according to sources and growing conditions. Its semi-double roses are composed of beautifully wavy edged petals. The mauve to purple colour turns to blue and old rose as they fade, the base is almost white with a hint of yellow. They open to a heart of yellow stamens. Each flower releases a subtle musky scent. The foliage is cut into toothed leaflets of a light and vibrant green, not very susceptible to diseases under good growing conditions. The plant is devoid of leaves in winter.

The rose Princess Sibilla de Luxembourg, unconstrained and free, is a very attractive shrub, perfect for large flowerbeds and flowering hedges that it enlivens for long months. It pairs perfectly with lilacs, philadelphus or buddleias for example. Trained to climb, it beautifully dresses trellises, pergolas or shrubs. To accompany it, choose a clematis with blue or white flowers, or a pale yellow, orange, pink, white or purple climbing rose.