'Rouletii' Rose
R. chinensis var. minima ‘Rouletti’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Indica Pumila
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier nain du Bengale
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. chinensis var. minima ‘Rouletti’
COMMON NAME Rouletii
OTHER NAMES The Fairy Rose, Dwarf Pink China, Pompon de Paris
CLASS China
ORIGIN Ancestral cultivator brought from China; this variety raised from seed c. 1805, England
FLOWERING Continuous flowering spring to autumn (fall)
SCENT No fragrance
GROWTH Miniature to 10 inches (25 centimetres)
AVAILABILITY Those available now are most likely a close relative, and not the original
At left; picture of the China Rose, Rouletii, R. chinensis var. minima, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 046 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses
