Frankfort Rose, Empress Joséphine Rose
R. francofurtana
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Turbinata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Francfort
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. francofurtana
COMMON NAME Frankfort Rose/Empress Josephine
OTHER NAMES Turbinate Rose, Frankfurt Rose, Big-Bottomed Rose
CLASS Turbinata
ORIGIN Hybrid (R. gallica x majalis), indigenous to northern Europe, possibly the rose mentioned by the botanist Carolus Clusius in 1583
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Pleasant sweet scent
GROWTH Medium shrub, 5-6 feet (1.5-1.8 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Frankfort Rose, R. francofurtana, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 052 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses
