Circa 1790, parentage unknown
Syns 'Slater's Crimson China', 'Belfield'
'Chinese Monthly Rose'
"Old Crimson China'
Old China rose, repeat flowering.
This is one of several roses brought to Europe from the Orient
which were then crossed with the once-flowering old European roses.
Long believed extinct, it was rediscovered by rosarian
Richard Thomson at Belfield in Bermuda in 1956