Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Other: Cupped to flat
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Mauve and mauve blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: None
Class: Hybrid multiflora
Growth Habit: Rambler, typically 10-20 feet
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Unknown, before 1826
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer

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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 10-20 feet
Plant Spread: 10-15 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Mauve
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Hybrid of: Rosa multiflora
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Russelliana'
  • 'Souvenir de la Bataille de Marengo'
  • 'Scarlet Grevillei'
  • 'Old Spanish Rose'
  • 'Russell's Cottage Rose'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11

At Alnwick Garden
Location: Newby Hall garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15
Location: Newby Hall garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-28
Uploaded by Cottage_Rose
Location: Newby Hall garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15

At Alnwick Garden

Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Historic Rose Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-18
Uploaded by Cottage_Rose
Uploaded by Cottage_Rose
Uploaded by Cottage_Rose

This shows the progression of color shading
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 8:51 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "Gifted with many names because of its continued popularity (Russells Cottage, Scarlet Grevillea, Old Spanish Rose, Souvenir de la Bataille de Marengo) this hybrid of R. multiflora is in a class by itself. The very double, medium-size flowers of crimson mauve fading to lilac cover the bush in color each Spring. The scent is Damask, and the foliage is quite distinct- large, rich blue-green, deeply veined, and unmistakable. Russelliana has been grown as a shrub, a climber, and as a pillar rose."

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