L'Ouche

This is the first time that I have ever seen a bloom of L'Ouche "in the flesh", so to speak....it has always looked beautiful in photographs in books, so this year I was easily influenced by the Mistydowns catalogue and included it on my "Must Have or I Shall Perish" list. And I am not disappointed....it is very lovely, and the scent is scrumptious. The growth so far is sprawling...longish arching branches with buds along the length...which I find is quite different from other China roses that I have grown. I have read that it is a China/Bourbon hybrid, which would explain this early sprawly growth habit