'Blush Moss' Rose

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'Blush Moss' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jannorcal

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Blush (Moss)
• Carnea (moss)
• Carnée (moss)
• Mousseuse à fleurs carnées
• Mousseuse Carnée
• Mousseuse Couleur de Chair
• Mousseuse pâle
• Rosa muscosa provincialis var. flore pallido Andr.
• Rosa muscosa vilmorin
• Vilmorin (moss, Vilmorin, 1823)

HMF Ratings:

31 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Moss.
Registration name: Blush Moss

Origin:

Bred by Philippe-André de Vilmorin (1770-1862) (France, 1823).
Discovered by Unknown (1789).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Henry Shailer in before 1805 as 'Rosa muscosa provincialis var. flore pallido Andr.'.
Introduced in Australia by Northampton Nurseries in 1861 as 'Blush Moss'.

Class:

Centifolia, Moss.

Bloom:

Blush, darker center. [Light pink, deep pink center. .]. Average diameter 2". Large, full (26-40 petals), cupped-to-flat bloom form. Mossed buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, compact. Dense foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

sport of Rosa muscosa staxon alba hort. ex Andrews

Notes:

It is not certain that Andrews was describing 'Blush Moss' with his "Pale-flowered variety", but the timing could fit.

['Vilmorin' was possibly sold by Prévost as a centifolia ca. 1840.]