Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Globular
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Extra Bloom Info: Heavy mossing on the buds
Rebloom: None
Class: Centifolia
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Kirche, 1827
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 4 through 9

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Crested Moss'
  • 'Chapeau de Napoleon'
  • 'Centifolia Cristata'
  • 'Crested Provence'

Common names
  • Centifolia Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-22
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-22
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-06-21
Ageing blooms, still beautiful (even with bugs!)
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-06-20
with visiting spider
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2010-06-26
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-06-22
with buds showing the distinct enlarged calyces
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-22
Location: California
Date: June 2023
Location: California
Date: June 2023
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05
Location: Hafnarfjordur, SW Iceland
Date: August 8, 2008
Location: Poland. From my collection.
Location: Kamloops, BC, Canada
Date: 2010-06-26
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-06-12
Location: California
Date: June 2020
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-26
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05
Location: Heritage Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Hafnarfjordur, SW Iceland
Date: July 2008
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-28
Location: Heritage Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Poland. From my collection.

Rosa 'Crested Moss' Rosa centifolia Edward Couchman, 1836
Location: Heritage Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Poland. From my collection.
Location: Poland. From my collection.

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