'Cruenta' Rose
R. chinensis variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Indica Cruenta
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier du Bengale ŕ fleurs pourpre-de-sang
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. chinensis variety
COMMON NAME Cruenta
OTHER NAMES Blood-Red China Rose
CLASS China
ORIGIN Ancient cultivator from China
FLOWERING Continuous bloom, spring-autumn
SCENT Slight/no fragrance
GROWTH Small shrub, 2 feet or so (0.6 metres)
AVAILABILITY May be extinct
At left; picture of the Blood-Red China Rose, Cruenta, R. chinensis variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 050 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses
