'Celeste' Rose
R. alba variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Damascena aurora
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Aurore Poniatowska
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. alba variety
COMMON NAME Celeste
OTHER NAMES Celestial Rose, Rose Aurore, Dawn Rose, Aurore Poniatowska Rose
CLASS Alba
ORIGIN Bred in the Netherlands, c. 1700s, registered in France 1810, Du Pont
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Strong, sweet fragrance
GROWTH Tallish shrub 5-7 feet (1.5-2.1 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Alba rose ‘Celeste’ , R. alba variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 059 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
