Centifolia
Centifolia
Plant properties
Centifolia at a glance
Centifolia brings the atmosphere of old rose paintings to your garden. Its large, bright pink flowers are full of petals and open into deep, rounded cups. The heavy blooms bend gracefully on the branches and release a powerful, classic rose fragrance. It is also known as the cabbage rose and the Provence rose.
The name Centifolia means ‘hundred-petalled’ and refers to its richly filled flowers. Dutch growers developed this rose group from the late sixteenth century onward. The rounded flowers were beloved by seventeenth-century painters and regularly appeared in their floral still lifes. Its precise origin and an individual breeder are unknown.
Centifolia blooms once each summer, usually in June and July. It forms a broad shrub with arching branches: a beautiful choice for a romantic border or a garden with historic roses. Give it enough space to develop its natural shape.
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