Rosa ‘Unique de Provence’
Moss rose. Thomas Rivers wrote of this rose: ‘We have now also what was at one time thought to be impossible, viz., the Old Rose Unique mossed; this is called Moss Unique de Provence. I cannot learn its origin; if from seed or otherwise; but am inclined to think it is a sport from our old favourite the Unique Rose; its habit is exactly similar and equally robust; its flowers of the same pure white, and blooming in the same large clusters; its flowers are however often imperfect.’ [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Paul (1848, 1863, 1888)].
Horticultural & Botanical History
In a review of Lane’s Nursery in The Gardeners’ Chronicle in 1842, ‘Unique de Provins’ was described as ‘a facsimile of the favourite old ‘White Provins’, but the calyx is prettily studded with moss-like appendages’. Another report in the same year was enthusiastic: ‘Among the new Moss-roses, however, one has been introduced peculiarly distinct and beautiful, namely the ‘Moss Unique’, or ‘Mousseusse Unique de Provence’, exactly like our favourite ‘Unique’ Rose, in its robust habit and tendency to bloom in large clusters; its flowers are pure white and abundantly mossy’.
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 - 10:16 AM | Last updated Jul 28, 2011 - 05:04 PM
| Family | Rosaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Garden origin, probably France |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Unique de Provence
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| Confidence level | high |