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Moss
'Communis'.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

synonyms: 'Centifolia Muscosa', 'Common Moss', 'Mousseau Ancien', 'Old Pink Moss',
Centifolia Muscosa
Ref No: 381
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Communis B Grant Capel Manor
Ref No: 1262
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Rosa muscosa Common Moss
Ref No: 1284
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colour: Strong Pink
height: Average Shrub 2.5 - 5 feet (0.75 m - 1.5 m)
scent: Good or wonderful old rose scent
introduction: Pre 1700
usda zone: Zone 5 (-22ºC/-7.6ºF to -27ºC/-16.6ºF)
flowers: Fully Double
repeat: Once Flowering

A Moss rose. A rose with many names and also with many slightly differing clones (Beales 1992). Known since around 1696. Zone 5, will survive down to –25°C. Bill Grant took the field photograph at Capel Manor near London UK. The coloured drawing was made by Salomon Pinhas (1794-1837). He worked at Wilhelmshoe Kassel Germany.


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