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'Autumn Damask' rose Description
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
Bifera
Damascena bifera
Four Seasons Rose
Monthly Rose (damask)
Perpétuelle semi-double
Quatre Saisons
Quatre Saisons Tous-les-Mois
Red monthly
R. bifera
Rosa bifera (Poir.) Pers.
Rosa damascena bifera
Rosa damascena perpetua
Rosa damascena semperflorens
Rosa italica Ferrari
Rosa menstrualis
Rosa x damascena 'Bifera'
Rosa x damascena 'Quatre Saisons'
Rose de Castile
Rose de Tous les Mois
Rose des Quatre Saisons
Rosier des Quatre Saisons
Rosier du Calendrier
Royal Four Seasons
Semperflorens (Damask)
Tous-les-Mois
Year-Round Rose

Also referenced as:  Castilian (damask),  Old Castilian,  Trachyean Rose,  Rose of Paestum,  The Alexandria Rose (damask),  Rose of Castile,  Tous-Mois,  Rosa omnium calendarum,  Rosa menstrua,  Rosa bifera officinalis,  Rosier des parfumeurs,  Rosa damascena var. menstrualis
HMF Ratings:
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EXCELLENT overall member rating.  
ARS:
Medium pink, deep pink Damask.
Registration name: Autumn Damask
Origin:
Bred by Unknown (before 1633) .
Class:
Damask.  
Bloom:
Pink.  Strong fragrance.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom, occasional repeat later in the season.  
Habit:
Height of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm).  Width of 3' to 4' (90 to 120 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  
Notes:
Rosa bifera (Poir.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2 : 48 (1806)

Recent research in Japan indicates that both summer and autumn damask roses originated with (R. moschata X R. gallica) X R. fedtschenkoana. Gene, Vol. 259, Issues 1-2, 23 December 2000, Pages 53-59.

The Audibert catalogue differentiates between 'Tous les mois' and 'Quatre Saisons'.

[Dickerson says it's probably extinct.]

[Mike Lowe of Lowe's Roses says the flowers of this rose [Quatre Saisons ordinaire] are about 3" in diameter, nearly full, cupped and deep pink...]
 
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