Rosa odorata

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rosa odorata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rosa odorata, Sweet (R. indica var. odoratissima, Lindl. R. Thea, Savi. R. chinensis var. fragrans, Rehd.). Tea Rose. Shrub with long sarmentose often climbing branches armed with scattered hooked prickles: leaves evergreen or half-evergleen; lfts. 5-7, elliptic or ovate to oblong-ovate, acute or acuminate, sharply serrate, lustrous above, glabrous, 1-3 in. long; stipules glandular-ciliate usually only above the middle, often sparingly: fls. solitary or 2-3, on rather short, often glandular stalks, white, light pink or salmon, pink, or yellowish, 2-3 1/2 in. across; sepals entire: fr. globose or depressed-globose, red. W. China. Red. Ros. 1:19 (3:25, 19). B.R. 804.—The original Tea Rose with double blush fls. was intro. into England in 1810 and in 1824 the form with pale yellow double fls., var. ochroleuca, Rehd. (R. indica var. ochroleuca, Lindl.). Red. Ros. (3:25, 20). From the crossing of the forms of this species between themselves and also with R. chinensis the Tea roses of our gardens have originated, while the Hybrid Teas are the offspring of crosses between the Tea roses and other garden roses. Var. pseud-indica, Rehd. (R. chinensis var. pseud-indica, Willmott. R. Fortunimm, Paxt., not Lindl.). ForTune's Double Yellow. Beauty Of Glazenwood. Gold Of Ophir. Branches sarmentoso, with strongly hooked prickles: lfts. 5-7, elliptic-oblong, firm: fls. 3-4, double, salmon-yellow, sweet-scented, outside tinged with red. B.M. 4679. F.S. 8:769. W.R. 28. Var. erubescens, Rehd. & Wilson, has single blush or pale pink fls. and is probably like the following one of the wild forms of the double-fld. garden varieties. A. chinensis var. grandiflora, Willmott (W.R. 29) is scarcely different. Var. gigantea, Rehd. & Wilson (R. gigantea, Collett & Hemsl.). Fls. creamy white, single, 4 - 6 in. across; pedicels and receptacles smooth. Very vigorous, climbing to 50 ft. S. W. China, Burma. G.G. III. 6:13; 37:136; 51:314. Gn. 67, p. 179; 71, p. 67. B.M.7972. W.R.34. To this variety R. macrocarpa, Watt (R. xanthocarpa, Watt) from Manipur, has been referred as a synonym, but the author maintains that it is a distinct species and that it has yellow flowers and edible yellow fruits as large as a small apple.—R. odorata gigantea is hardy only S. and is cult, in California, where it blooms from November to May. Hybrids with R. moschala have been raised by Franceschi at Santa Barbara, Calif. ; these are Madeleine Lemoine, Montarioso, and Montecito and they combine the vigor and the foliage of var. gigantea with the paniculate infl. of R. moschata. Other hybrids with different garden roses have been raised in Eu. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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