(a.k.a. “ “Flavescens”,”Lutescens Flavescens”, “Rosa x odorata “Ochroleuca”)
(Old Chinese garden rose introduced to England in 1824)
A fundamental ancestor of the European climbing tea roses it is known in China as “Danghuang Xianshui” (the light yellow sweet-water rose). There is a doubt, however, that the rose cultivated today under this name is not the original, but instead, an old cultivar.
Here it is shown with an “Argynnis paphia” butterfly.
Rosa ‘Park’s Yellow Tea-scented China’ with Argynnis paphia
