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'Rosa italica Ferrari' rose Description
'Quatre Saisons' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Rosenversand C. Fechner
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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 bifera
Rosa damascena perpetua
Rosa damascena semperflorens
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 Rose

Also 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-.  
ARS:
Deep pink Damask.
Registration name: Quatre Saisons Continue
Exhibition name: Autumn Damask
Origin:
Bred by Unknown (before 1633).
Class:
Damask.  
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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