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 a flower bouquet including the Cabbage Rose, R. centifolia variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 11 out of 17, Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)
This illustration appears in Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (Redouté's Finest Flowers) labelled ‘Rose. Anémone. Clématide’
The pink rose is the Cabbage Rose R.centifolia and is accompanied by a magenta-purple Double Crown Anemone, A. coronaria; native to the Mediterraneon region and a white Double Clematis, C. florida ‘Plena’; native to China.
Like the rose these two flowering plants were very popular in 17th gardens in Holland and England and by the 18th and 19th century, also popular in France.
For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
