Rosa foetida persiana Persian Yellow rose

Rose Rosa foetida persiana

Tags: old rose

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Other names: Persian Yellow, Rosa foetida 'Persian Yellow', R. foetida persiana, Jaune de Perse

Registration code: Rosa foetida persiana

Breeder: Unknown

Year of introduction: 1837

Introduced by: Discovered by Sir Henry Willock (United Kingdom)

Main color: Yellow

Flowering: Once flowering

Flower size: Medium

Type: Large shrub

Aroma: Strong, sweet

150 - 200 cm, 120 - 200 cm

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Characteristics

Main color: Yellow

Color: Golden-yellow

Flowering: Once flowering

Flower size: Medium

Flower: Double , rosette , in small clusters

Foliage: Dark green , small , semi-glossy , leathery

Aroma: Strong, sweet

Class: Rosa foetida persiana

Sub-class: Wild rose

Type: Large shrub

Growth type: Vigorous, arching, bushy

Height: 150 - 200 cm

Width: 120 - 200 cm

Description

Discovered by Sir Henry Willock (United Kingdom, 1837).

Flowers have very bright and bold golden-yellow color. Rarely occasional carmine-red streaks might happen on flowers. Flowers are medium-sized, semi-double, rosette form.
It is once-blooming rose, flowering in late spring or early summer.

Very well armed with thorns / prickles, spreading and arching growth. Rosa foetida has exerted great influence on the modern stock of cultivated roses, contributing also its susceptibility to black spot.

This rose is extremely cold hardy, USDA 3 zone.

Best pruned after the flowering.

Name origin

The rose is named for its smell - foetida is Latin for "having a bad smell" - which is reminiscent of boiled linseed oil, a smell which some find objectionable. However in fact this rose has wonderful strong and sweet fragrance.