Decumbent Alpine Rose
R. pendulina variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Alpina debilis
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Alpes ŕ tiges foibles
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. pendulina variety
COMMON NAME Decumbent Alpine Rose
OTHER NAMES Weak-Stemmed Alpine Rose
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Grown from a chance sowing (R. pendulina variety) in the garden of Monsieur Vilmorin, France, pre1820
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Slight/no fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub, 3-4 feet (0.9-1.2 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Decumbent Alpine Rose, R. pendulina variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 122 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
