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Rosa 'Variegata Di Bologna'
(Rose 'Variegata di Bologna')

Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Hybrid Parents - A sport of Rosa 'Victor Emmanuel'
Origin - Raised in Italy
Discovered By - Raised by Bonfiglioli, a rose enthusiast
Year of Introduction - 1909
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 3m
Width - 2m

Description: A Bourbon rose that can be grown as a Shrub or trained as a climber. Pale to mid-green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with finely toothed margins. Fully double, cupped to quartered-rosette rose flowers have pale pink to white petals that are streaked and striped with magenta-purple. The Blooms are highly fragrant and produced in clusters in one strong flush in midsummer, then intermittently afterwards. Excellent for use as cut flowers.

Flower:

Fully double, cupped to quartered-rosette rose flowers have pale pink to white petals that are streaked with deep magenta-purple. The blooms are highly scented and produced in clusters in one strong flush in June to July and then intermittently afterwards.

Flower colour: Pink, magenta

Flower shape: Cupped to quartered-rosette rose flowers in clusters

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

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

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to oval leaflets

Propagation:

Cuttings, grafting.

Cultivation:

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