"The Mission Rose" Rose

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"The Mission Rose" Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Jean Marion

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Autumn Damask
• Bifera rosea
• Bifère à fleurs roses
• Calendrier
• Four Seasons Rose
• "Josephine's Rose"
• Monathsrose (syn. Quatre Saisons)
• Monthly Rose (damask)
• Perpétuelle à fleurs roses
• Perpétuelle semi-double (syn. Quatre Saisons)
• Quatre Saisons Continue
• Quatre Saisons ordinaire rose
• Quatre Saisons Rose
• Quatre Saisons Tous-les-Mois
• Rosa bifera (Poir.) Persoon
• Rosa damascena bifera
• Rosa damascena portlandica
• Rosa damascena semperflorens
• Rosa italica Ferrari
• Rosa menstrualis
• Rosa racemosa Andr. synonym
• Rosa X damascena 'Bifera'
• Rosa X damascena 'Quatre Saisons'
• Rose de Castile
• Rose des Quatre Saisons Ordinaire
• Rose perpétuelle (portland)
• Rosier de Tous les Mois
• Rosier des Quatre Saisons
• Royal Four Seasons
• Tous-Mois
• Tous Mois commun
• Year-Round Rose

HMF Ratings:

326 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Medium pink Damask.
Registration name: Quatre Saisons Continue
Exhibition name: Autumn Damask

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1633).

Class:

Damask, Portland.

Bloom:

Pink or light pink. Fragrant stamens. Strong fragrance. Average diameter 2.75". Large, double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Upright. Light green foliage.

Height: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm). Width: 36" to 4' (90 to 120cm).

Growing:

Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood.. Prune after flowering is finished.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

seed:	Rosa moschata Herrm. × Rosa gallica L.
pollen:	Rosa fedtschenkoana Regel

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'

According to Thory 'Damascena perpetua' = 'Quatre Saisons continue' is a single form with 8-10 petals. See references (1817).