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Rosaceae
Cabbage Rose
Rosa × centifolia
Ambassador of love, gratitude, fullness.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
- Native to
- Garden hybrid (developed in the Netherlands)
- Bloom season
- Early Summer
- Type
- Deciduous shrub
- Height
- 1.5–2 m
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Rich, well-drained
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 4–9
- Lifespan
- Long-lived old garden rose
Did you know
- The Latin name 'centifolia' means 'hundred-petaled' — and an open cabbage rose really does look like a layered green cabbage of pink petals.
- Cabbage roses were developed by Dutch breeders in the 16th and 17th centuries and became one of the most painted flowers in Old Master Dutch still lifes.
- It's the second most important species for the perfume industry after damask rose, especially valued in classic French perfumery centered on Grasse.
- The famous painted roses on Limoges china and Sèvres porcelain are almost always cabbage roses, immortalized at the height of their popularity.
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté painted dozens of cabbage rose portraits for Empress Joséphine's rose garden at Malmaison in the early 1800s.
Color meanings
Pink
Generous heart