Proliferous Cels’s Rose
R. damascena var. incarnata-maxima
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Damascena Celsiana prolifera
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Cels à fleurs proliferes
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. damascena var. incarnata-maxima
COMMON NAME Proliferous Cels’s Rose
CLASS Damask
ORIGIN Seedling of ‘Cel’s Rose’ that germinated in a compost heap, pre 1820
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Strong, damask fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub, 3-5 feet (0.9-1.5 metres)
AVAILABILITY Extinct?
At left; picture of the Proliferous Cels’s Rose, R. damascena var. incarnate-maxima, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 121 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
