In Your Rose Garden

Catherine Deneuve. This old favourite has not worn too well and many gardeners now prefer younger alternatives such as Emmanuelle Béart and Laetitia Casta. You will need in particular to find something to hide the spindly legs. The somewhat overpowering scent, too, is not to everyone’s taste and there is a vague and not entirely pleasant odour of decomposition and putrescence.

Serge Gainsbourg
An unusual mottled specimen with its characteristic scent of pastis and gitanes. Often associated with Catherine Deneuve, Serge Gainsbourg can still be found in certained gardens tended by gendarmes up and down the country