Crenate-Leaved Cabbage Rose
R. centifolia variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Centifolia crenata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Cent-feuilles à folioles crénelées
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia variety
COMMON NAME Crenate-Leaved Cabbage Rose
CLASS Centifolia
ORIGIN Dupont, early 1800s, from seed
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Sweet fragrance, not as strong as R. centifolia
GROWTH Bushy shrub; 2 feet high ( 0.6 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
At left, picture of the Cabbage Rose, R. centifolia variety, known as ‘Crenata’ painted by Redouté, portrait 88 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses.
