Belle Portugaise mannerly climber or as a specimen shrub

or as a specimen shrub where reliable color is desired without excessive maintenance

Believed by some authorities to be a cross between China and multiflora

cupped flowers resemble peonies in form and are wild rose pink in color

this rose can tolerate closer pruning should a smaller height be desired

a Hybrid Tea like rose with a wonderful shrub to five feet

Belle Portugaise mannerly climber or as a specimen shrub1903 12 to 40 feet Almost naturalized in California, but not hardy in the north, Belle Portugaise is also known as Belle of Portugal. This extremely vigorous, large flowered climber blooms for a long season each spring and can tolerate heat and limey soil. The very long buds open to large, loose, semi double flowers with shell pink petals. Big, pendulous roses hang down as if to spill their intoxicating fragrance on the faces of passing admirers. If