'Mossy de Meaux' Rose
R. centifolia ‘Mossy de Meaux’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Pomponiana muscosa
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Le Pompon mousseux
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia ‘Mossy de Meaux’
COMMON NAME Mossy de Meaux
OTHER NAMES Miniature Moss, Mossy Pompone
CLASS Moss
ORIGIN Sport of ‘Rose de Meaux’ found in a garden in the west of England, c. 1801
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Fragrant
GROWTH Miniature shrub to 1 foot (0.3 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Moss Rose, R. centifolia ‘Mossy de Meaux’, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 166 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
