Rosa 'Old Blush'
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Rosa 'Old Blush', also known as 'Parsons' Pink China', 'Old Blush China', 'Old China Monthly', is a China rose (known in Chinese as yue yue fen "monthly pink") and has been cultivated in China for over a thousand years.[1] It derives from Rosa chinensis, and is generally accepted as the first East Asian rose cultivar to reach Europe. It is recorded in Sweden in 1752 and in England before 1759,[2] but was probably cultivated in China for several centuries. It is believed to be the rose which inspired the song The Last Rose of Summer by the Irish composer and poet Thomas Moore.[3] It is also known as Parsons' Pink China, named after Mr Parson who introduced it commercially to the UK in 1793.[1]
Rosa 'Old Blush' | |
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Hybrid parentage | Rosa chinensis |
Cultivar group | China |
Cultivar | Rosa 'Old Blush' |
Marketing names | 'Parson's Pink China', 'Common Monthly', 'Monthly Rose', 'Old Blush China', 'Old China Monthly', 'Pallida', 'Rosier du Bengale Rose' |
Origin | East Asia, in Europe since about 1750 |