Alba Semi Plena, Rose of the Yorks
These Regency Area roses were very shrubby, summer-blooming, and from a breed that predated the introduction of the China rose.
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Maiden's Blush Rose
This rose was previously known as the "Cuisse de Nymph," or "thigh of the nymph". Because that name was too risqué for the Victorian age, so now it's…
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Centifolia Rose
Also known as the "old cabbage rose", or "the queen of roses" to most herbalists. With heavy fragrance and five foot tall bushes, it has been favored…
Old Velvet Rose
Has been noted in apothecary books as far back as 1597 as "velvet rose", but nowadays it's more commonly called the "Tuscany rose".
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