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Rosa 'Veilchenblau'
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Hybrid parentage Rosa hybrid
'Turner's Crimson Rambler' × 'Erinnerung an Brod'
Cultivar 'Veilchenblau'
Origin Bred by Kiese, and introduced by Johann Christoph Schmidt, Germany, 1908

'Veilchenblau' is a hybrid rose cultivar that was bred in Germany in 1909. Other names for the same rose include 'Bleu-Violet', 'Blue Rambler', 'Blue Rosalie' and 'Violet Blue'.

The plant has very few prickles and is considered a climbing rose. It grows from 3 to 6 metres (10 to 20 ft) in height. The flowers are small, with a sweet smell. The petal colour is mauve and white, or crimson and white when the flowers first open. The stamens are yellow.

This rose was granted the "Award of Garden Merit" by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.

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