Virginia Rose
R. virginiana
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Lucida
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Luisant
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. virginiana
COMMON NAME Virginia Rose
OTHER NAMES Glossy Rose, R. humulis lucida
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Native to North America, introduced to Britain 1724
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer/late summer
SCENT Slight fragrance
GROWTH Dense shrub to 6 feet (1.8 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left; picture of the Virginia Rose, R. virginiana, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 012 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
