Rosa filipes

Rosa filipes is a species of Rosier, classified in the section of the '' Synstylae '', originating in Western China, in the areas of Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan.

Description

This plant is a Arbrisseau climbing with null and void sheets, from 3 to 5 meters in height, which can reach, seldom up to 9 meters.

The sheets, imparipennées, from 8 to 14 cm length, are made up from 5 to 7 leaflets.

The flowers, simple with five petals, white, from 2,5 to 5 cm in diameter, are gathered in panicles, of large Corymbe S from 15 to 30 cm in diameter gathering to hundred flowers, which form a late single flowering (July at August).

The fruits are red and have from 8 to 15 mm in diameter.

Culture and use

It is always cultivated in specialized seedbeds
the sport Rosa filipes “Kiftsgate” appeared in 1954. It has inflorescences which can reach 45 cm in diameter.
'Treasure Trove, (Treasure, 1979) “Kiftsgate” X hybrid of with semi-double flowers of color apricot, wholesale bouquets
“Paul' S Himalayan Musk Rambler” seems to be one of its hybrids. It is one climbing particularly vigorous, which reaches 10 meters, with the small double flowers pink lilac

Rosa henryi , another Synstylæ , near to Rosa filipes is cultivated sometimes like decorative Plante in the gardens, where he is appreciated for his exceptionally large inflorescences for a rose tree, sometimes also for his size and his capacity to be climbed in the trees.

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