Famous Canadian rose bush grows on Manitoulin Island
Developed by Georges Bugnet, the Thérèse Bugnet rose is a famously hardy, fragrant hybrid combining Japanese and wild Canadian roses, celebrated for its resilience and continuous blooms.
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The garden rose Thérèse Bugnet, developed by pioneer Georges Bugnet, is one of the hardiest roses in the world
MANITOULIN—Roses are one of the favourite flowering shrubs on Manitoulin Island, as they are in private and public gardens throughout the world. They have been bred for over 5,000 years from wild rose ancestors to provide us pleasure, food and medicine and have been transported around the world.
There are about 200 species of wild roses in the world. Three are found on Manitoulin Island and all have been used in breeding programs. About 33,000 different garden varieties, often called cultivars, have been bred with blossoms in a wide range of colours, shapes and length of flowering periods.
The shrubs themselves have been bred in shapes ranging from miniatures 30 cm in height for growing in containers, to those shaped like globes two metres across, or with tight clusters of canes three metres in height, to climbers and those shaped like small trees.
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