Variegated Four Seasons Rose
R. damascena var. bifera
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Bifera Variegata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La Quatre Saisons à feuilles panachées
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. damascena var. bifera
COMMON NAME Variegated Four Seasons Rose
CLASS Damask (Damask Perpetual)
ORIGIN Unknown; pre 1824
FLOWERING Repeat-flowering; first flush summer with scattered latter bloom
SCENT Strong, damask fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub with variegated leaves
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Variegated Four Seasons Rose, R. damascena var. bifera, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 159 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
