Single Tea-Scented Rose
R. chinensis x gigantea (R. x odorata)
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa indica fragrans flore simplici
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Le Bengale thé à fleurs simples
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. chinensis x gigantea
COMMON NAME Single Tea-Scented Rose
OTHER NAMES R. odorata variety
CLASS Tea
ORIGIN Obtained from the seed of the Tea-Scented Rose (Hume’s Blush) sown at Auteuil, in the nurseries of Monsieur Ternaux pre 1824
FLOWERING Noted for the ‘pretty colour’ of its petals
SCENT Strong tea fragrance
GROWTH Described by Redouté & Thory as a ‘small shrub’
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of Single Tea-Scented Rose, R. chinensis x gigantea, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 167 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
