Bourbon Rose
R.x borboniana
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Canina Burboniana
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier de L’Ile de Bourbon
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R.x borboniana
COMMON NAME Bourbon Rose
OTHER NAMES Rose Jacques
CLASS Bourbon
ORIGIN Raised, 1821 in the gardens of Neuilly, France, by Monsieur Jacques from seed imported from the Íle de Bourbon
FLOWERING Blooms in flushes throughout the season
SCENT Sweetly fragrant
GROWTH Vigorous bushy shrub to a height of several feet (1 metre)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Bourbon Rose, R. x borboniana, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 169 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
