Damask Roses
A page of stock pictures of Damask roses. Damask roses and the bicolour form of Rosa kokanica known as the Yellow Rose of Asia are generally regarded as the ancestors of most of the early European hybrids. There are two basic forms of Damask Rose: the Summer Damask (Rosa gallica x Rosa phoenicea), which has a well-defined spring and early summer flowering season, and the Autumn Damask (Rosa gallica x Rosa moschata), which continues blooming sporadically into autumn. This remontant (recurring flowering) habit was a feature lacking in many early roses. The damask roses were extremely important because of their fragrance, a tendency to produce double flowers and because their flowering season extends into autumn. All are the features we expect in a garden rose but which were largely lacking before the damasks.
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