Rosa Variegata di Bologna

Date
1909
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)