Anjou Rose
R. canina var. andegavensis
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Andegavensis
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier d’Anjou
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. canina var. andegavensis
COMMON NAME Anjou Rose
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Native throughout France, discovered by Monsieur Leman c. early 1800s
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Flowers have a slight strawberry fragrance
GROWTH Tall shrub, 8-10 feet (2.4-3.0 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left; picture of the Anjou Rose , R. canina var. andegavensis, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 060 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
