'Scarlet Sweetbriar' rose References
Newsletter (Aug 2020) Page(s) 14. Includes photo(s).
[From "A Sweet Briar Trio plus One", by Darrell g.h. Schramm, pp. 9-14]
Another rose likely belongs with the trio to make a quartet, and that is the sumptuous ‘La Belle Distinguée’. It is a rose of which we know very little but that, by consensus, is a very old R. rubiginosa hybrid. Its first mention occurred in 1820. While the double flower reveals the look of a Gallica in bright crimson, contrasting with its golden stamens not quite as dramatically as ‘Tuscany Superb’, more like 'Belle Hélène', it is somewhat perfumed and at times gives off some of the Sweetbriar scent in its foliage. Prickly, the compact and upright bush grows to perhaps five feet. It is indeed a lovely, distinguished rose.
Book (1997) Page(s) 193. Includes photo(s).
La Belle Distinguée ('Scarlet Sweetbriar', 'La Petite Duchesse') Sweet Briar. Description... numerous, small, slightly aromatic leaves... Flowers almost scarlet, fully double and produced freely...
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 294.
La Belle Distinguée Eglanteria, bright crimson, ('La Petite Duchesse'; 'Lee's Duchess'; 'Scarlet Sweet Brier'); Prior to 1837. Description.
Book (1993) Page(s) 37.
La Belle Distinguée ('La Petite Duchesse', 'Lee's Duchess') A hybrid of Rosa rubiginosa, the 'Sweet Briar'. Description.
Website/Catalog (1986) Page(s) 23.
La Belle Distinguee..... 4 x 3’.
Website/Catalog (1985) Page(s) 27. La Belle Distinguee..... 3 x 3’
Website/Catalog (1982) Page(s) 22.
La Belle Distinguee (Sweet Briar) An interesting and useful rose. Bright crimson small double flowers on a compact plant, with dainty scented foliage of dark green. Origin obscure. (S) 4 x 3’.
Book (1881) Page(s) 215.
Rosa rubiginosa.
The Sweet Briar.
4. Scarlet, or La Belle Distinguée; flowers bright red, small, and cupped.
Magazine (Feb 1859) Page(s) 48.
Roses.
The Wild Sweet Briar—R. rubiginosa—has been introduced to our pleasure grounds for the exquisite fragrance of its leaves. The flowers are scarcely more highly scented or prettier than those of the common Dog Rose, R. canina, and in all cases where its blossoms have been improved, by intentional or accidental hybridizing, or by the sporting, either of germinating seedlings or suckers from old-established plants, the improvement has been obtained at a sacrifice of some good quality in the foliage—such as diminished vigour and suppressed perfume.Those who like, may try the Carmine Sweet Briar, the Monstrous, the Scarlet, or La Belle Distinguee, and the Splendid; but for the purpose for which Sweet Briars are grown, there is nothing to equal the Sweet Briar of the hedge. The above-mentioned (and there are none better) are quite worthless as exhibition, and nearly so as bouquet flowers.
Book (1858) Page(s) 137, 143.
p. 137: Rosa canina .... La petite Duchesse, full, very small, pale pink.
p. 143: Rosa centifolia .... La belle distinguée, double, crimson-red.
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