Pomegranate-Fruited Provins Rose
R. gallica variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica Granatus
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de France ŕ Pomme de Grenade
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica variety
COMMON NAME Pomegranate-Fruited Provins Rose
CLASS Gallica
ORIGIN Obtained from seed by Monsieur Vilmorin pre 1821
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Almost scentless
GROWTH Medium shrub to 2.5 feet (0.75 metres)
AVAILABILITY Extinct?
At left; picture of the Gallica Rose known as the Pomegranate-Fruited Provins Rose , R. gallica variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 108 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
