Bordeaux Rose
R. centifolia variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Centifolia Burgundiaca
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La Cent-feuilles de Bordeaux
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia variety
COMMON NAME Bordeaux Rose
OTHER NAMES Rosier des Dames, Petite de Hollande, Pompon des Dames, R. centifolia minor
CLASS Centifolia
ORIGIN Unknown; pre 1791
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring-summer
SCENT Sweet fragrance
GROWTH Smallish shrub, 1.5-4 feet high (0.45-1.2 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
At left; picture of the Bordeaux Rose, R. centifolia variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 131 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
