Lelieur’s Four Seasons Rose
R. damascena var. bifera
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Bifera macrocarpa
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La Quatre Saisons Lelieur
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. damascena var. bifera
COMMON NAME Lelieur’s Four Seasons Rose
CLASS Damask (Damask Perpetual)
ORIGIN Raised from seed by Monsieur Lelieur at the garden Sèvres, France, pre 1820
FLOWERING Once-flowering; late spring to mid summer
SCENT Strong fragrance
GROWTH Smallish shrub, 2.5-3 feet (0.75-0.9 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of Lelieur’s Four Seasons Rose, R. damascena var. bifera, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 119 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
