The Macartney Rose
R. bracteata
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Bracteata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Macartney
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. bracteata
COMMON NAME The Macartney Rose
OTHER NAMES Shuo Bao Giang Wei, Bracteate Rose, R. sinica
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Native to China, Lord Macartney introduced it to England 1793
FLOWERING Intermittent repeat flowering; summer-autumn
SCENT Pleasant fragrance
GROWTH Tall, sprawling evergreen shrub to 10 feet (3.0 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left; picture of the Macartney Rose, R. bracteata, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 007 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
