Large-Flowered Dog Rose
R. canina variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Canina grandiflora
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Canin à grandes fleurs
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. canina variety
COMMON NAME Large-Flowered Dog Rose
OTHER NAMES R. canina fulgens
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Found c. 1823 by Monsieur Lemeunier of La Flèche
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Unknown; slight/no fragrance likely
GROWTH Branching shrub, 3-4 feet (0.9-1.2 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild?
At left; picture of the Large-Flowered Dog Rose, R. canina variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 152 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
