'Autumn Damask' Rose
R. damascena var. bifera
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa bifera officinalis
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Parfumeurs
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. damascena var. bifera
COMMON NAME Autumn Damask
OTHER NAMES Perfumer’s Rose, Four Seasons Rose
CLASS Damask (Damask Perpetual)
ORIGIN Ancient cultivator known since Roman times
FLOWERING Repeat-flowering; first flush summer with scattered latter bloom
SCENT Strong, heady fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub to 5 feet (1.5 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Autumn Damask Rose, R. damascene var. bifera, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 042 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses
