Hundred-Petalled Anemone Rose
R. centifolia variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Centifolia Anemonoides
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La Centfeuilles Anémone
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia variety
COMMON NAME Hundred-Petalled Anemone Rose
CLASS Centifolia
ORIGIN Found in a garden in Le Mans, France, c. 1810; introduced by Monsieur Poilpre
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Unknown; fragrance likely
GROWTH Bushy shrub; 2 feet high ( 0.6 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
At left, picture of the Cabbage Rose, R. centifolia variety, known as the ‘Hundred-Petalled Anemone Rose’, painted by Redouté, portrait 113 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses.
