Rosenburg’s Rose
R. francofurtana variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Rosenbergiana
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Rosenberg
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. francofurtana variety
COMMON NAME Rosenburg’s Rose
CLASS Turbinata
ORIGIN Unknown; pre 1821
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Unknown
GROWTH Very bush shrub, 2-3 feet (0.6-0.9 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Turbinata Rose known as Rosenburg’s Rose, R. francofurtana variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 112 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
