Robert Le Diable - Centifolia (Cabbage) Rosebush
Origin: France; prior to 1850Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 1, 2 m
This is a rosebush a bit difficult to classify. It is unquestionably a late-flowering hybrid. Its flowers medium size, slightly fragrant and pompom-shaped, has a violet color when of cold climates.
With the heat the flowers are, first, of a rose cherry color, then magenta with purple reflections. The leaves are dark green, wide and quite resistant to diseases. We know nothing about the upwards, nor who hybridized it, nor the year of its introduction, but some say that the name came from an opera of Meyerbeer, "Robert Le Diable" which was premiered for the first time in 1831.
