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'Rosa damascena bifera' rose Description
 Photo courtesy of mashamcl
Synonyms:
• Autumn Damask• Four Seasons Rose• Monthly Rose (damask)• Perpétuelle semi-double• Quatre Saisons• Quatre Saisons Continue• Quatre Saisons Tous-les-Mois• Red monthly• Rosa bifera (Poir.) Persoon• Rosa damascena perpetua• Rosa damascena semperflorens• Rosa italica Ferrari• Rosa menstrualis• Rosa X damascena 'Bifera'• Rosa X damascena 'Quatre Saisons'• Rose de Castile• Rose de Tous les Mois• Rosier des Quatre Saisons• Rosier du Calendrier• Royal Four Seasons• "The Mission Rose"• Year-Round RoseAlso referenced as: Castilian (damask), Old Castilian, Trachyean Rose, Rose of Paestum, The Alexandria Rose (damask), Semperflorens (Damask), Rosa semperflorens rubra (damask), Bifera, Rose of Castile, Rose des Quatre Saisons, Damascena bifera, Tous-les-Mois, Tous-Mois, Rosa omnium calendarum, Rosa menstrua, R. bifera, Rosa damascena var. menstrualis
HMF Ratings:
239 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.
Bloom:
Pink. Strong fragrance. Double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.
Habit:
Height of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm). Width of 3' to 4' (90 to 120 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood.. Prune after flowering is finished.
Notes:
Rosa bifera (Poir.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2 : 48 (1806)
Recent research in Japan indicates that both summer and autumn damask roses originated with (R. moschata X R. gallica) X R. fedtschenkoana. Gene, Vol. 259, Issues 1-2, 23 December 2000, Pages 53-59.
Dickerson says it's probably extinct. In 1959 Rowley reported that Graham S. Thomas reintroduced the Autumn Damask into cultivation. He had found it as a sport of Perpetual White Moss.
The Audibert catalogue differentiates between 'Tous les mois' and 'Quatre Saisons'
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