White-Flowered Rose
R. collina variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Leucantha
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier ŕ fleurs blanches
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. collina variety
COMMON NAME White-Flowered Rose
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Unknown; found in the Paris environs
FLOWERING Once-flowering; early summer
SCENT Slight fragrance
GROWTH Tall, bushy shrub to 12 feet (3.6 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the White-Flowered Rose, R. collina variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 053 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses
