'La Petite Renoncule' Rose
R. gallica ‘La Petite Renoncule’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica agatha, (Varietas parva violacea)
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La petite Renoncule violette
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica ‘La Petite Renoncule’
COMMON NAME La Petite Renoncule
OTHER NAMES Félicie, Sultane Favourite, Small Ranunculus Violet Provins Agatha Rose
CLASS Gallica (Agatha)
ORIGIN Bred by Monsieur Vibert, France, pre 1824
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Medium fragrance
GROWTH Small shrub, 1.5 feet (0.45 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the rose, ‘La Petite Renoncule’, R. gallica variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 132 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
