Single Moss Rose
R. centifolia ‘Andrewsii’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa muscosa
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier mousseux
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia ‘Andrewsii’
COMMON NAME Single Moss Rose
OTHER NAMES Muscosa Simplex, Old Pink Moss, Common Moss, Communis
CLASS Moss
ORIGIN Sport from R. centifolia, c. 1700
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Sweet fragrance
GROWTH Medium-Tall shrub, 4-6 feet (1.2-1.8 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Single Moss Rose, R. centifolia ‘Andrewsii’, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 009 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
