'Prolifera de Redouté' Rose
R. centifolia ‘Prolifera de Redouté’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Centifolia prolifera foliacea
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La Centfeuilles prolifère foliacée
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia ‘Prolifera de Redouté’
COMMON NAME Prolifera de Redouté
OTHER NAMES Leafy-Proliferous Cabbage Rose, Isabel, Prolifére
CLASS Centifolia
ORIGIN Unknown: c. 1820
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring-summer
SCENT Very fragrant
GROWTH Medium shrub 2.5 - 5 feet tall (0.75 -1.5 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
At left; picture of Cabbage Rose, R. centifolia ‘Prolifera de Redouté’, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 147 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
