Dwarf Four Seasons Rose
R. damascena var. bifera pumila
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Bifera pumila
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Le petite Quatre-Saisons
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. damascena var. bifera pumila
COMMON NAME Dwarf Four Seasons Rose
CLASS Damask (Damask Perpetual)
ORIGIN Grown from seed by Monsieur Noel, Paris, France, pre 1824. Closely resembles ‘Rosa bifera officinalis’
FLOWERING Repeat-flowering; first flush summer with scattered latter bloom
SCENT Very fragrant
GROWTH Miniature shrub to 1 foot (0.3 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Dwarf Four Seasons Rose, R. damascena var. bifera pumila variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 144 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
