Rosa ‘White Damask’

A number of old, white Damask roses are known.  Catherine Gore lists several, including the ‘White Rose of Italy’, with semi-double flowers, of a beautiful white, fragrant; ‘Dame Blanche’, the flowers double, large, of a pure white when expanded, the buds as red as those of the hundred-leaved rose; ‘Parure des Vierges’, semi-double, middle-sized, white.

 

 

 

Horticultural & Botanical History

No additional data.

 

 

History at Camden Park

Included in a handwritten list of roses dated 1861, probably intended for a new edition of the catalogue that was never printed.  [MP A2943].

 

 

Notes

Published Feb 12, 2010 - 11:56 AM | Last updated Jul 27, 2011 - 05:29 PM


More details about Rosa ‘White Damask’
Family Rosaceae
Category
Region of origin

Garden origin, probably Italy or France

Synonyms
Common Name
Name in the Camden Park Record

Old White Damask

 

 

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