Three-Flowered Sweetbriar
R. rubiginosa variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Rubiginosa triflora
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Rouillé à trois fleurs
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. rubiginosa variety
COMMON NAME Three-Flowered Sweetbriar
OTHER NAMES R. eglanteria variety
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Common in hedges & thickets (Redouté’s time)
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Sweet fragrance, wine-scented foliage
GROWTH Shrub to 5-6 feet (1.5-1.8 metres)
AVAILABILITY Unknown if still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Three-Flowered Sweetbriar Rose, R. rubiginosa variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 035 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
