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Rosa x damascena  var.semperflorens
(Autumn Damask Rose)

Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Year of Introduction - circa 1660
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.5m
Width - 1.2m

Description: A Damask rose with an upright, open habit and arching branches. Pale to mid-green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with finely toothed margins. Double, flat rose-flowers are mauve-pink, the outer petals become paler with age. The Blooms are highly fragrant and produced in clusters, repeatedly, from early summer to late autumn. Excellent for use as cut flowers.

Synonyms include - Rosa 'Quatre Saisons', Rosa x damascena var. bifera

Flower:

Double, flat-rose flowers are mauve-pink, the outer petals become paler with age. The blooms are sweetly scented and produced in clusters, repeatedly, from June into November.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: Flat-rose flowers in clusters

Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October, November

Foliage:

Pale to mid-green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets with serrate margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on prickly, upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to elliptic leaflets

Propagation:

Cuttings, grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.