Big-Leaved Provins Rose
R. gallica variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica latifolia
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Provins ŕ grandes feuilles
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica variety
COMMON NAME Big-Leaved Provins Rose
CLASS Gallica
ORIGIN From seed c. 1820 by Monsieur Lelieur at the Royal Flower Garden, Sevres, France
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Unknown; some fragrance likely
GROWTH Bushy shrub, 2-3 feet (0.6-0.9 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Big-Leaved Provins Rose, R. gallica variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 117 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
