Cabbage Rose
R. centifolia
PICTURE SOURCE Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa centifolia
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier à 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 variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 05 out of 17, Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)
Redouté included three very slightly different forms of the Cabbage Rose, R.centifolia in Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (Redouté's Finest Flowers). This illustration is one of the three and like the others, titled with the botanical name ‘Rosa Centifolia’ and the French name ‘Rosier à cent feuilles’. For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
