"Not Rose du Roi à Fleurs Pourpres" rose Description
Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Small clusters. Petals can have a white (china) striping. Filaments: white to yellow. Glandular pedicel and sepals. Smooth receptacle Hips: sets yellow or light orange pear-shaped hips early in summer.
Not ‘Conditorum’ which shows more stamens and round red hips. Not ‘Gloire des Rosomanes’ which is planted a few metres away in Patricia’s garden and has red filaments Not ‘Mrs Anthony Waterer’ which rarely sets hips.
This rose came to me in 2002 as 'Rose du Roi a fleurs Pourpre'. I think the donor was aware that it may not have been the real one. For some reason, I had it labelled in my garden for years as R. gallica officinalis. One photo has a comparison with R. gall officinalis (below). My plant is on its own roots and has never suckered. Patricia Routley.
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