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'Violacea' rose References
Book (Dec 1985) Page(s) 160. Includes photo(s). (R. gallica violacea) Of considerable antiquity. Pre-Redouté. Origin and parentage unknown. Description... flowers: slightly more than single, soft violet smudged-purple, pronounced golden-yellow stamens...
Website/Catalog (1984) Page(s) 15. Gallica Roses (French Rose, Rose of Provins) Violacea, La Belle Sultane (Before 1824) Dark rosy red with some black hues around a center filled with golden stamens. The rose is semidouble, blooming in clusters of three with small, light green foliage. The overall effect is reminiscent of glass ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Book (1983) Page(s) 49. Deep crimson flowers, golden stamens...
Website/Catalog (1983) Page(s) 24. La Belle Sultane.....Violet purple semi-single...... 4 x 3’.
Website/Catalog (1982) Page(s) 22. La Belle Sultane (Gallica) ‘Gallica violacea’. Violent purple semi-single bloom on a tall arching bush. Unknown date and origin but of considerable antiquity. (S) 7 x 7’.
Website/Catalog (Nov 1959) Page(s) 41. (R. gallica 'Maheka' or 'La Belle Sultane'). Tall arching bush bearing copiously almost single violet-purple blooms, offset by yellow stamens. A very old variety. 6 ft. x 5 ft.
Website/Catalog (1938) Page(s) 40. Rosa gallica violacea (Paul & Son 05). Dark violet-purple, double, vigorous.
Book (1936) Page(s) 109. Gallica Violacea Single, 2 1/2 in., crimson damask, fading purple; anthers bold, pistil only just protruding. Pedicel very smooth, dark glands and hip. Calyx just exceeding bud, much winged, often twelve. Wood red, thorns very few and small; densely glanded. Leaves small, leaflets upfolded, down-hanging. Few very small thorns on petiole. Growth moderate.
Website/Catalog (1923) Page(s) 52. Provins. Rosa gallica violacea (Paul, 1905). Single, dark red.
Website/Catalog (1923) Page(s) 51. Provins. Belle Sultane (Netherlands, 1800). Purple-violet. Syn.: Cumberland.
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