Rosa majalis

The rose tree of May , or rose tree grooves ( Rosa majalis ), is a species of Rosier, classified in the section of the '' Cinnamomeae '', originating in the moderate mountainous regions of the center and the east of the Europe and Asia (Russia until the Siberia).

This rose tree is cultivated since the beginning of the XVIIe century in the European gardens without to have known a great diffusion however.

One knows four varieties of them:

Rosa majalis VAr. canescens Lindl.
Rosa majalis VAr. foecundissima (Münchh.) Hyl.
Rosa majalis VAr. globosa (Desv.) P.V.Heath
Rosa majalis VAr. rubrifolia (Thory) Wallr.

Synonymous

Rosa cinnamomea auct. not L.
Rosa foecundissima Münchh.

This rose tree is also known under the name of pink of the Blessed Sacrament, pink of Easter or pink of love.

Description

This rose tree is a Arbrisseau Drageon nant with null and void sheets and stems thorny hails, forming a narrow bush from 1,5 to 2 meters in height approximately, with the sheets from 5 to 7 leaflets with the simple serrations.

It has a very early flowering in moderated climate, the flowers, simple, 5 cm in diameter approximately, appearing as of the sums of money days of May with approximately of 5 height cm simple flowerings.

Culture and use

Rosa majalis is known in culture since 1569.

Rosa majalis “Simplici Flora” or pink grooves, with flowers carmine, simple, and odor of grooves.
Rosa majalis of pink color dark which was the first pink with double flowers cultivated in Europe.
the form “Plena” of the Rosa majalis is most frequently cultivated in the gardens.

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