Commercially available

• Bengale cramoisi double
• Bengale pourpre double
• Bengale Rouge (china, pre-1800)
• Bengale Sanguine
• Cruenta
• Pourpre Sanguine
• Rosa chinensis var. cruenta
• Rosa indica cruenta Red. & Thory
• Rosa indica rubra Andr.
• Rosier du Bengale à fleurs pourpre doubles
• Sanguin
• Sanguine (china)

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Dark red China.

Bred by Unknown Chinese Breeder(s) (China, before 1800).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Thomas Evans in 1808 as 'Rosa indica rubra Andr.'.

China / Bengale.  

Crimson or dark red, purple shading, white undertones.  Moderate, sweet fragrance.  Medium to large, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, globular bloom form.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  Rounded buds.  

Glossy, reddish-purple foliage.  

Height: 2' (60cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

If you know the parentage of this rose, or other details, please contact us.

Information for this rose comes from Pépinières Loubert's 2002 Catalogue.

[Two different 'Sanguin' in references, one possibly a semperflorens, another a chinensis Jacq.
'Bengale Sanguin' in commerce today is not as double as the early descriptions and is probably a different China.]