Rosa ‘Fortune's double yellow’
Usually classified as a Tea rose, ‘Fortune's Double Yellow’ is a very free-flowering, small climber or pillar rose, very prickly, with medium-sized, loosely double flowers which can vary from primrose yellow to apple-blossom pink on the same plant. A beautiful rose, in my garden its flowers tend more towards pink.
Horticultural & Botanical History
It was introduced from China in 1845 by Robert Fortune, probably from Fa Tree Nursery, Canton, where it was known as ‘Wang-jang-ve’. Paul hypothesised that it is a cross between Rosa banksiae and the Yellow China. [1888, 1903)]. Ellen Willmot quotes Robert Fortune on first sighting this rose: ‘On entering one of the gardens on a fine morning in May, I was struck by a mass of yellow flowers, which completely covered a distinct part of the wall; the colour was not a common yellow, but had something of buff in it, which gave the flowers a striking and uncommon appearance.’ [Willmot]. It is figured in the Floricultural Cabinet and the Flore des Serres. [FC p.291/1852, FS f.769/1853].
History at Camden Park
This rose is listed on a hand written page - 18(a) - in an 1850 catalogue held at the Mitchell Library [ML 635.9m], possibly in Sir William's hand. It appeared in printed form in 1857 [T.905/1857].
Notes
Published Feb 11, 2010 - 05:00 PM | Last updated Jul 29, 2011 - 03:39 PM
Rosa ‘Fortune's double yellow’ | FS f.769/1853 | BHL
| Family | Rosaceae |
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| Region of origin | China |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Rosa Fortune's yellow |
| Confidence level | high |