Nathalie
The ‘Nathalie’ I have appears to be very similar to my plant of ‘Queen Rose’ and I am still considering whether or not it is correct. However, in comparing it to a friend’s ‘Nathalie’ plant obtained from a different nursery, they appeared to be the same.
According to Silvia Saunders’ notes, ‘Nathalie’ is a deep bright cherry, semidouble with 3-4 rows of petals, blooms 3 days after ‘Ludovica’, has 3-5 small light green carpels, bright pink stigmas, very short cream filaments, and white discs on a tall plant. Her attribution of flower color does not match well with that in the 1939 Saunders’ catalogue, “brilliant salmon rose”. Could she have mixed up ‘Nadia’, a cherry pink, with ‘Nathalie’?
Any comments?
| Cultivar: | Nathalie |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Seedling No: | 10285-10306. Pages 22 & 38 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 7: lactiflora ‘James Kelway’ X “lobata of Perry” |
| Flower: | Color: | brilliant salmon pink, white flares on outside |
| Form: | semidouble | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 | |
| Carpels: | pale green | |
| Stigmas: | salmon pink | |
| Disc: | white | |
| Stamens: | cream | |
| Plant: | Habit: | bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | medium | |
| Height: | 34″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Rare |
