Animating China Rose
R. chinensis hybrid
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Indica dichotoma
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Le Bengale animating
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. chinensis hybrid
COMMON NAME Animating China Rose
OTHER NAMES Animating Rose, Animated Rose
CLASS China
ORIGIN Introduced to France from England by Monsieur Boursault pre 1824
FLOWERING Repeat flowering in flushes
SCENT Sweet tea rose fragrance
GROWTH Small shrub to 2 feet (0.6 metres), higher in warmer conditions
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Animating China Rose, R. chinensis hybrid, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 146 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
