Twin-Flowered Rose
R. arvensis x gallica (?)
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa geminata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier ŕ fleurs géminées
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. arvensis x gallica (?)
COMMON NAME Twin-Flowered Rose
OTHER NAMES R. polliniana
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Found by Professor Rau, near Würzburg, Germany, pre 1820
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Unknown; likely some fragrance
GROWTH At first upright growth, then becoming prostrate in the manner of R. arvensis
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Twin-Flowered Rose , R. arvensis x gallica (?), painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 097 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
