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Damask
Rosa x damascena versicolor.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

synonyms: 'York and Lancaster',
Rosa x damascena Versicolor
Ref No: 564
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York and Lancaster Damask Mottisfont
Ref No: 666
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colour: Bright Red, White, Striped or Spotted
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: Semi Double
repeat: Once Flowering

Syn 'York and Lancaster', so called because it combines together the colours of the red and the white roses, of the Houses of York and Lancaster.



Photographed at Mottisfont garden Hampshire UK.







Known since 1551.


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