Rosa Variegata di Bologna
Date
1909
Museum
Collection
Location
Giardino dell’Isola, Giardino della Limonaia.
Size
1.8 m (height) x 1.5 m (width)
A tall shrub rose belonging to the Bourbon group, with sparse and rather coarse foliage. It has very elegant cupped double flowers with striking irregular purple stripes on a creamy white background.
This extremely beautiful, hardy and strongly fragranced rose has a good tolerance of poor soil and flowers repeatedly.
Origin: Italy
Rose breeder: Massimiliano Lodi (commercialized by Bonfiglioli)
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