Article (magazine)  (Dec 2015)  Page(s) 15.  
 
R. x francofurtana F: kirkonruusu, Sw: kyrkgårdsros (”churchyard rose”) (R. cinnamomea x gallica) is fairly widespread in Finland, but it was generally overlooked prior to the late 1980’s. In Sweden this rose is frequently planted in cemeteries, but in Finland it is usually found in the grounds of old manor houses. There are two distinct forms of ”the churchyard rose”: a southern and a northern one. DNA analyses indicate that the northern form has more R. cinnamomea influence than the southern form, and probably arose when this latter backcrossed to our native R. cinnamomea. The ”churchyard rose” forms a lax, untidy bush 2-2,5 metres high with large, dark green leaflets. It blooms for about three weeks during July. The flowers are 7- 8 cm in diameter, double, lightly scented, in lilac rose tints. The bush suckers freely, enabling this rose to be spread easily

Article (website)  (2007)  Includes photo(s).
 
Translation from German:
"Tapetenrose”
Class: Francofurtana.
Growth: tall, can be fastened on an espalier, for a long time it was the only rose which could be used thus
Foliage: 5 leaflets, rounded-lanceolate with blunt tip, strongly serrated, notably rugose, few prickles on the leaf axis
Stipule: often very wide
Calyx: very thick cup, with clear waist and bulge on top, reddish glands on the bottom end
Sepal: long, narrow, extends far above the bud, almost no appendages, red glands
Bud: slim, carmine variable
Bloom: medium, distinctly violet-shaded carmine, loosely and irregularly double, stamens often interspersed with petaloids
Prickles: uneven large curved
Fragrance: moderate
Comment: hardy, often found in Norway

Rosa x francofurtana "Tapetenrose" - and old rose which lost and refound its name. By Heinke Arnold.
In 1979 Gerda Nissen found in an overgrown garden in Linden-Pahlkrug in Dithmarschen an ols rose with an unusual violet-red colour an a top-shaped bud. After a long study of souces, she was certain that this had to be the "Tapetenrose" [Wallpaper Rose], and described it 1990 in the 6th edition of her book "Alte Rosen". She ended her lecture for rose lovers in Kassel in September 1989 with the words: I consider it the Wallpaper Rose, the oldest form of the Francofurtana class, still known until into the 19th century, then lost. I think that this variety should quite officially receive its old name back and be commercialized thus. It has a very old and famous tradition, because it was Europe's only and first tall climber before the introduction of climbers from the Far East.

...Regarding the different heights found in literature and the complaints of some older authors that the buds do not want to expand properly, the following could be mentioned: The long-time rose collector Dieter Heinzelmann from Rötenberg in the Black Forest, who since 30 years planted and preserved in his garden old roses found in his emmediate or further surroundings (without suspecting that Gerda Nissen did the same in the north) made the following observation: In the plains of eastern Black Forest, Wallpaper Roses planted on loam or shell limestone under the same conditions attain different heights. Some do not reach 1.60 m, others are 2 m and taller. The roses he grew from suckers of these behved in exactly the same way in his garden of acidic, reddish sandstone in the High Black Forest. Are there two varieties? He noted a difference in the blooming behaviour. While the roses in their origibal locations blooms magnificently every year, his two have difficulty in expanding, and do not at all in unfavourable years. One could assume that the nature of the soil has an influence on the flowering.

Article (website)  (2004)  Includes photo(s).
 
[Author tells the documented history of Rosa x francofurtana from the first mention by Clusius as Rosa sine spinis to today. See link for whole article].

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 40.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa x francofurtana figures in the Almanach of Guerrepain (1811) under the name "Francfort" and it was in the collection of the great rosarian of the period, Du Pont (1813) as Turbinata.
Redouté showed a Rosa turbinata,or "Rosier de Francfort" in his Roses, but this was already more double than Rosa x francofurtana and comes close to "Impératrice Joséphine".

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 38-39.  Includes photo(s).
 
ROSA x FRANCOFURTANA.(Münchhausen 1774, not Thory). Synonyms: Rosa campanulata ...(Ehrhart). Rosa francofurtensis (Rössig). Rosa germanica (Godron). Rosa turbinata (Aiton). Rose de Francfort. Rosier turbiné. Tapetenrose (Wallpaper-rose, in Germany), Valamo (in Finland).
Habit: Minimum 1,20 m to 1,50 m. upright, quite strong branches, irregularly armed with few but large prickles; brown-red wood. Foliage: light; 3, 5 or most often 7 elliptical and very veined leaflets; large stipules. Bloom: rarely solitary, mostly in clusters of 2 to 6, most often 3; medium size, single, flat; 8 to 10 petals in two tiers, the central ones much smaller, sometimes badly formed. Colour: tyrian pink, white streaks on the small central petals. Fragrance: Mild. Hips: turbinated [turnip-like]..., orange-red with lasting sepals, quite comparable to those of Rosa gallica.
...in 1774, Otto von Münchhausen (1716-1774) gave its current name, Rosa x francofurtana...
Certain authors believe that the roses called "agathes", such as "Agatha" or "Impératrice Joséphine", derive from Rosa x francofurtana, but others, on the contrary, see... an influence of Centifolias and of the Damask.

Book  (May 1998)  Page(s) 106-107.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 106: Rosa turbinata ('Frankfort Rose') Flowers 1-3 at the branch tips... approaching the volume of R. centifolia but darker... A native of Northern Europe, this is grown in gardens under the named 'Top-shaped Rose', 'Frankfort Rose' and so on
Page 107: [Illustration]

Book  (May 1998)  
 
Cet arbrisseau, connu dans les jardins sous le nom de Rosier turbiné, Rosier à gros cul, Rosier de Francfort, croît spontanément dans le Nord de l'Europe. Il a été trouve, en Saxe, par M. le docteur Nees, et M. le professeur Rau l'a souvent rencontré sans les haies des environs de Wursbourg; on l'a même trouvé dans des paquets d'églantiers venus de départements éloignés, au Marché aux fleurs de Paris, ce qui pourrait faire supposer qu'il existe aussi sauvage dans la France.

Book  (Sep 1996)  Page(s) 29, 192.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 29: [Photo]
Page 192: [Photo] Origin unknown. A hybrid between Rosa gallica (or, more likely, a variety of Gallica) and R. pendulina First grown and distributed as R. x francofurtana. A Redouté print labelled R. turbinata clearly depicts this rose, so it may well have been known and grown by Joséphine. Description.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 91.  
 
R. x francofurtana = R. turbinata = R. campanulata. Tapetenrose. Probably R. cinnamomea x R. gallica. Deep pink blooms, single to semi-double, once-blooming. Different varieties listed in literature. There has always been spontaneous crossings between R. cinnamomea and R. gallica. Pinhas and Redouté painted two different forms. Nickels (1845) lists 15 forms. The climbing rose in Goethe's garden in Weimar was a R. francofurtana scandens according to some authors, a R. francofurtana grafted on different tall R. canina according to others.

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 27.  
 
R. francofurtana It is an interesting hybrid, probably between R. cinnamomea and R. gallica...