Red-Leaved Rose
R. glauca
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Rubrifolia
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier à feuilles de rougeâtres
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. glauca
COMMON NAME Red-Leaved Rose
OTHER NAMES Hecht-Rose, R. romana, R.pyrenaica
CLASS Wild Species
ORIGIN Native to southern and central Europe
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Slight fragrance
GROWTH Large shrub; 8-10 feet (2.4-3.0 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left, the Red-Leaved Rose, R. glauca, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 005 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
