Single Provins Rose
R. gallica
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Gallica rosea flore simplici
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de Provins ŕ fleurs roses et simples
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. gallica
COMMON NAME Single Provins Rose
OTHER NAMES R. rubra, The Red Rose, French Rose, Dwarf Austrian Rose, Rose-Bush of Love
CLASS Gallica
ORIGIN Ancient; used medicinally by the Greeks & Romans, named R. gallica by Linnaeus 1759, raised true-to-form from seed by Monsieur Ternaux c. 1822, France
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Fragrant
GROWTH Medium shrub, 2-3 feet (0.6-0.9 metres) high (modern specimens reported larger)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation, rare in wild
At left; picture of the Single Provins Rose, R. gallica, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 143 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
