Burgundy Rose
R. centifolia var. parvifolia
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Pomponia Burgundiaca
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Le Pompon de Bourgogne
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. centifolia var. parvifolia
COMMON NAME Burgundy Rose
OTHER NAMES Purple-Flowered Pompon, Dwarf Burgundy
CLASS Centifolia
ORIGIN Unknown; pre 1664
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Fragrant
GROWTH Smallish, dense shrub, 2 feet tall (0.60 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
For more information, don’t miss the introduction page; ‘Centifolia – The Old-Fashioned Cabbage Rose'
At left, the Cabbage Rose, R. centifolia ‘Burgundy Rose’, painted by Redouté, portrait 170 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses.
