'Agatha Prolifère' Rose
R. gallica variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica Agatha (var. Prolifera)
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Agathe Prolifère
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica variety
COMMON NAME Agatha Prolifère
OTHER NAMES Proliferous Agatha
CLASS Gallica (Agatha)
ORIGIN Unknown: pre 1824
FLOWERING Once-flowering; early spring to late spring
SCENT Strong fragrance
GROWTH Smallish bush to 2.5 feet (0.75 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the rose ‘Agatha Prolifère’, R. gallica variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 138 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
