Cabbage Rose
R. centifolia
PICTURE SOURCE Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa centifolia
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier ŕ cent feuilles
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia
COMMON NAME Cabbage Rose
OTHER NAMES Provence Rose, Holland Rose, Hundred-Petalled Rose, Rose des Peintres
CLASS Centifolia
ORIGIN 16-19th century; Dutch breeders
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Strong, sweet fragrance
GROWTH Tall shrub, 6-7 feet (1.8-2.1 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Cabbage Rose, R. centifolia, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 03 out of 17, Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs
This illustration appears in Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (Redouté's Finest Flowers). The engraving for the print seems to have been based on the same original watercolour as R.centifolia; published earlier in Les Roses. It has one rosebud and a few leaves less than the original. Otherwise it’s identical.
For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
