Thicket Rose
R. corymbifera
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Dumetorum
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Buissons
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. corymbifera
COMMON NAME Thicket Rose
OTHER NAMES R. deseglisei, R. froebelli
CLASS Species
ORIGIN R. canina relative, native to Europe and Asia, discovered pre 1821
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Slight fragrance
GROWTH Branching shrub to 10 feet (3.0 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Thicket Rose , R. corymbifera, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 098 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
