Single-Droop Bud Rose

PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)

ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Reclinata flore simplici

ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier à boutons renversés; var. à fleurs simples

CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. l’heritierana

COMMON NAME Single-Droop Bud Rose

CLASS Boursault

ORIGIN R. chinensis variety crossed with a member from the Cassiorhodon (Cinnamomeae) family, pre 1824

FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring to autumn

SCENT Unknown; likely slight/no fragrance

GROWTH Tall climber with support

AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?

At left; picture of the Single-Droop Bud Rose, R. l’heritierana, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 155 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses

Long thought to be a cross between a China Rose (R. chinensis) and an Alpine Rose (R. pendulina), Peter Beales in Classic Roses writes, ‘Authoritative opinions vary, but chromosome counts do seem to prove conclusively the error of this assumption. Thus I have placed them [The Boursaults] here [Cassiorhodon (Cinnamomeae) family]’