Creator: Bonfiglioli, Italy, 1909Origin: mutation of “Victor Emmanuel”
Flowers: 8 cm
Height: 3 m
The success of the secular 'Variegata di Bologna' is explained mainly due to its exoticism. Its large, globular flowers streaked of a purple-crimson color and quite fragrant, has always caught great attraction among lovers of gardening. Nontheless this is a difficult plant to grow, once it is very susceptible to powdery mildew and black spot, which grows disproportionately
It is undoubtedly a rosebush just to be cultivated by devoted gardeners and in areas with low rainfall in spring.
