'Duchesse d’Orléans' Rose
R. gallica ‘Duchesse d’Orléans’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La Duchesse d’Orléans
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica ‘Duchesse d’Orléans’
COMMON NAME Duchesse d’Orléans
CLASS Gallica
ORIGIN Unknown; dedicated by P.J Redouté to the Duchess of Orléans, 30th September, 1821
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Slightly scented
GROWTH Medium shrub, 3-4 feet (0.9-1.2 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the rose ‘Duchesse d’Orléans’, R. gallica variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 129 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
