The beautiful climbing roses that grow on the walls of the cemetery belong to one of the most beautiful class of roses ever grown.
Their history can be traced back up to an ancestor: ‘Noisette Carnée’ (Blush Noisette), arrived in Europe in 1817 from South Carolina (USA). There it was grown from the seed of a plant created by the passionate gardener and landowner John Champney by crossing ‘Parson’s pink China’ with a specimen of Rosa moschata.
This new variety, ‘Champney’s pink cluster’, was the mother of ‘Noisette Carnée’, that took its name from the nurserymen who spread it and who created the other roses of this class, characterized by clusters of delicate pastel colors.
Among the most beautiful Noisettes in the collection we quote ‘Crépuscule’ (1904) and ‘Desprez à fleurs jaunes’ (1830).
