1. Home
  2. Question and Answer
  3. Houseplants
  4. Garden Articles
  5. Most Popular Plants
  6. Plant Nutrition

Butterfly Rose (Rosa chinensis 'Mutabilis'): The Color-Changing China Rose

The "China Rose" that blooms all summer and shifts color is actually the butterfly rose, Rosa chinensis 'Mutabilis'. Its single flowers open yellow, turn pink, then deepen to crimson—often all three shades appear at once.

It's less common in nurseries now, which favor 'Knock Out' and 'Nearly Wild' roses. Contact the Greater Atlanta Rose Society for specialty nursery sources.

Copyright © www.100flowers.win Botanic Garden All Rights Reserved