'Bengale à Bouquets' Rose
R. chinensis ‘A Bouquets’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Indica Sertulata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Le Bengale à Bouquets
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. chinensis ‘A Bouquets’
COMMON NAME Bengale à Bouquets
OTHER NAMES Clustered China Rose
CLASS China
ORIGIN Apparently raised from seed at the Royal nursery at Trianon, pre 1812
FLOWERING Repeat flowering
SCENT Slight/no scent likely
GROWTH Small shrub 12-15 inches (30-38 centimetres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the China Rose ‘Bengale à Bouquets’, R. chinensis variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 136 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
