Rosa ‘Noisette Purpurea’
Probably a cultivar of Rosa noisettiana Redouté. For a basic description of the early Noisette roses see Rosa ‘Noisette Pulchella’. ‘Noisette Purpurea’ had red flowers.
Horticultural & Botanical History
George Don describes Rosa semperflorens v. Noisette purpurea as bearing panicles of small red flowers, resembling ‘Pompone’. The latter is possibly the rose listed by Catherine Gore as ‘Bengal Pompon’, or ‘Dwarf China Rose’, in her section ‘Lawrance Roses’. It grows to one or two feet high and the flowers are described as semi-double, light pink. This may be synonymous with Rosa chinensis minima, later known as ‘Roulettii’, the original miniature rose.
History at Camden Park
Listed in all published catalogues [T.849/1843]. Of the three listed, this is the only Rosa semperflorens var. noisette rose that can be positively identified and described.
Notes
From Don’s description is is perhaps reasonable to hypothesise that all three of the Rosa semperflorens var. Noisette roses were similar to Rosa semperflorens Curt. in the size and growth of the bush, and bore the large trusses of small double flowers typical of early Noisette roses, the loss of which was so regretted by William Paul.
Published Feb 10, 2010 - 05:11 PM | Last updated Jul 30, 2011 - 04:30 PM
| Family | Rosaceae |
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| Region of origin | Garden origin, France or USA |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Rosa semperflorens v. Noisette purpurea
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| Confidence level | medium |
