Bluish-Leaved Provins Rose
R. gallica variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica caerulea
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Provins ŕ feuilles bleuâtres
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica variety
COMMON NAME Bluish-Leaved Provins Rose
CLASS Gallica
ORIGIN Seed raised by P.J. Redouté, c.1817
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Unknown; likely fragrant
GROWTH Small shrub to 2 feet (0.6 metres)
AVAILABILITY Extinct?
At left; picture of the Gallica Rose, known as the Bluish-Leaved Provins Rose , R. gallica variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 101 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
