'Lettuce-leaved Rose' Rose

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'Lettuce-leaved Rose' Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Murphy's Rose

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• á feuilles de laitue
• Bullata
• Bullata rosea
• Bullate Cabbage Rose
• Cent-feuilles à feuilles de laitue
• Centifolia Bullata
• Monstrous hundred-leaved rose
• Monstrueuse (centifolia)
• R. centifolia bullata
• Rosa centifolia staxon bullata Redouté & Thory
• Rosa lactuca
• Rosa provincialis var. Bullata Hort.
• Rosa X centifolia bullata
• Rosa X centifolia 'Bullata'
• Rose á feuilles de laitue
• Rosier à feuilles crépues
• Rosier à Feuilles de Laitue

HMF Ratings:

96 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Medium pink Centifolia.
Registration name: á feuilles de laitue, Bullata
Exhibition name: Bullata

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1799).
Discovered by Andre Du Pont (1801).

Class:

Centifolia.

Bloom:

Deep pink. Strong fragrance. Average diameter 3.25". Medium to large, very large, very double, full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Bushy, spreading. Large, matte foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 39" to 6'7" (100 to 200cm). Width: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9b.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

sport of Gros pompon de Bourgogne (centifolia)

Notes:

Trevor Griffiths, in A Celebration of Old Roses, says this rose may be 'Bullata'.
DNA analysis of plants in L'Hay has shown 'Bullata' to be closely related to 'Petite de Hollande' (which in commerce has been confused with 'Gros Pompon').- see References.