'Louis XVIII' Rose
R. gallica variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica flore giganteo
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Provins à fleur gigantesque
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica variety
COMMON NAME Louis XVIII
OTHER NAMES Giant Flowered Provins Rose
CLASS Gallica
ORIGIN Obtained from seed at the royal flower garden, Sèvres, France, 1813
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Slightly scented
GROWTH Small shrub to 2 feet (0.6 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the rose ‘Louis XVIII’, R. gallica variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 141 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
