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'Autumn Damask' rose Description
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 RoseAlso 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:
22 favorite votes. EXCELLENT overall member rating.
ARS:
Medium pink, deep pink Damask. Registration name: Autumn 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).
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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