'Hume’s Blush Tea-Scented China' Rose
R. chinensis x gigantea (R. x odorata)
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Indica fragrans
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Indes odorant (vulg. Bengale á odeur de thé)
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. chinensis x gigantea
COMMON NAME Hume’s Blush Tea-Scented China
OTHER NAMES R x odorata (Andrews) Sweet, Odorata
CLASS Tea
ORIGIN Old cultivator from China, introduced to Britain 1809
FLOWERING Repeat flowering
SCENT Strong, tea fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub to 6 feet (1.8 metres) in warmer climates
AVAILABILITY Doubt whether roses sold by this name are in fact the original
At left; picture of Hume’s Blush Tea-Scented China Rose, R. chinensis x gigantea, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 020 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
