Myrtle-Leaved Hedge Rose
R. agrestis variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Sepium Myrtifolia
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Hayes ŕ feuilles de Myrte
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. agrestis variety
COMMON NAME Myrtle-Leaved Hedge Rose
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Native to France and Switzerland, found in wild pre 1824
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Slight/no scent likely
GROWTH Smallish branching shrub to 3 feet (0.9 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild?
At left; picture of the Myrtle-Leaved Hedge Rose, R. agrestis variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 140 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
