Burnet Rose of Marienbourg
R. pimpinellifolia variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Pimpinelllifolia Mariaeburgensis
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Marienbourg
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. pimpinellifolia variety
COMMON NAME Burnet Rose of Marienbourg
OTHER NAMES Scotch Briar
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Grew wild (during Redouté’s time) in the Ardennes, France and the Alps
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring/summer
SCENT Fragrant
GROWTH Smallish shrub, 2-4 feet (0.6 – 1.2 metres)
AVAILABILITY Unknown if this particular variety of R. pimpinellifolia still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Burnet Rose of Marienbourg, R. pimpinellifolia variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 030 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
