'Rose de Meaux' Rose

PICTURE SOURCE Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)

ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Pomponia

ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Pompon

CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia ‘Rose de Meaux’

COMMON NAME Rose de Meaux

OTHER NAMES Pompon Rose, Common Pompon, De Champagne, May Pompon

CLASS Centifolia

ORIGIN Unknown: First record 1637, garden of Dominique Séguier

FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer

SCENT Strong, sweet fragrance

GROWTH Tall shrub, more compact than R. centifolia

AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation

At left; picture of the Cabbage Rose sport, R. centifolia ‘De Meaux’, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 17 out of 17, Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)

In Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (Redouté's Finest Flowers) this illustration is labelled with the French name ‘Rosier Pompon’ and the botanical name ‘Rosa Pomponia’ It is thought to be a dwarf sport of the Cabbage Rose known as R.centifolia ‘De Meaux’ which Redouté also illustrated in Les Roses.

For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'