HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
DescriptionPhotosLineageAwardsReferencesMember RatingsMember CommentsMember JournalsCuttingsGardensBuy From 
'Ancienne Pivoine des jardiniers' rose References
HelpMeFind's future is in your hands - Please do not take this unique resource for granted.

Your support of HelpMeFind is urgently needed. HelpMeFind, like all websites, needs funding to survive. We have set a premium-membership yearly subscription amount as low as possible to make user-community funding viable.

We are grateful to the many members who have signed up so far, but the number of premium-membership members remains too small for us to sustain the current support and development level. If you value HelpMeFind and want to see it continue we need your support too.

Yearly membership is only $2.00 per month and adds a host of additional features, and numerous planned enhancements, to take full advantage of the power and convenience of HelpMeFind. Click here to start your premium membership..

We of course also welcome donations of any amount. Click here to make a donation. Donations of $24 or more receive a thank-you gift of a 1-year premium membership.

As far as we have come, we feel HelpMeFind is still in its infancy. With your support we have so much more to accomplish.
Book  (2006)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Rose Pavot (Alika, Poppy rose) Gallica. No rebloom. Moderate fragrance. Stout caned, moderately suckering, arching. ..Unknown, pre-1800... This rose remains a mystery to us, the many names it has been called recently have fallen away one by one. By any name it is a great, glorious bloomer, with semi-double blooms showing bright golden stamens against poppy-red petals.
Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 37.  
 
Bourbon ('Ancienne Pivoine', 'Des Alpes sans Épines', 'Formosa', 'Inermis Sub Albo Violacea', 'Jéricho', 'Malvina', 'Mauve', 'Pivoine', 'Pivoine de Jéricho', 'Pivoine Mauve', 'Rose Mauve', 'Visqueuse') Gallica. Unknown, pre-1811. The author cites information from several sources... flesh, striped pink...
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 99, 465, 547, 741.  
 
p. 99: Bourbon nigra (Provins) ? before 1857; dark purple, medium size, double

p. 465: Mauve (Provins) ? ? ; lilac-flesh-coloured, = Visqueuse.

p. 547: Pavot (Provins) Labaye ? ; lilac, shaded purple, medium size, semi-double. = Visqueuse.

p. 741: Visqueuse (Provins) Vibert ca. 1835; flesh-lilac, shaded purple-pink, medium size, semi-double
Book  (1906)  Page(s) 26.  
 
1.697. Bourbon nigra, Provins, pourpre foncé
Book  (1899)  Page(s) 28, 127, 141, 179.  
 
p. 28: Bourbon nigra, Provins, pourpre foncé

p. 127: Mauve, Provins, lilas carné, syn. Visqueuse

p. 141: Pavot, Provins, Labaye père, lilas nuancé pourpre, dans le Manuel de Boitard

p. 179: Visqueuse, Provins, Vibert, lilas carné
Book  (1858)  Page(s) 205.  
 
Rosa gallica.
Bourbon nigra, Blumen gefüllt, dunkelpurpur.

Translation: Rosa gallica.
Bourbon nigra, the double flowers are a deep purple.
Book  (1842)  Page(s) 273.  
 
R. gallica....Varieties....with carmine-red, purple-red and red blooms...Bourbon nigra, dark purple-red
Book  (1838)  Page(s) 222.  
 
La Rose mauve, fleurs semi-doubles, moyennes, lilas et nuancées de rose.
Book  (1838)  Page(s) 209.  
 
PROVINS ROSES. Rose Visqueuse. Rose Mauve. Rose Pavot. Mallow Rose. Rosa Inermis Sub-albo Violacea.
Branches,
glandulous and unarmed. Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized; of a red-lilac, streaked with blue-lilac.
© 2025 HelpMeFind.com