'Enfant de France' Rose
R. gallica ‘Enfant de France’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica agatha (var. Delphiniana)
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME L’Enfant de France
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica ‘Enfant de France’
COMMON NAME Enfant de France
OTHER NAMES Child of France
CLASS Gallica (Agatha)
ORIGIN Cultivated by Monsiuer Du Pont, France c. 1802, known prior under the reign of Louis XV (1710-1774) and named by the Dutch ‘Enfant de France’ in dedication to the Dauphin
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Strong fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub, 3 feet (0.9 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the rose ‘Enfant de France’, R. gallica ‘Enfant de France’, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 134 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
