What are Cabbage Roses?
Cabbage roses are roses with very distinctive blooms which have made them rightly famous. The blooms have so many petals that they do actually rather resemble a particularly rambunctious cabbage. These roses are famous for being extremely aromatic, and many people find them quite pretty to look at, as well. You can find cabbage roses in many garden stores, and they also grow readily from cuttings, if you happen to know someone with a cabbage rose. Always ask before taking cuttings, though. Several features distinguish the cabbage rose, which is formally known as Rosa centifolia. The first is the blooms, which may be white, pink, red, or variegated. As the scientific name for the cabbage rose implies, the bloom has a multitude of petals, although perhaps not the 100 hinted at in the name. The petals are tightly packed, turning the rose into a furled bloom of richly ruffled petals, and centifolia roses, as they are sometimes called, typically have a very heady aroma. The foliage of cabba
