Introducing the Poplar Forest Chestnut Rose
September 11, 2010
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. On Saturday, September 11, Poplar Forest will introduce the Poplar Forest Chestnut Rose. Visitors will enjoy a lecture from a panel of experts about rose cultivation, Jefferson's use of roses in landscape design and landscape restoration at Poplar Forest. Speakers include Jane Baber White, Don Davis, and Jack Gary, Director of Archaeology and Landscapes.
Tickets are $20.00. Admission includes access to the lecture, a guided landscape tour, light refreshments and a chestnut rose. Reservations are highly recommended. Please call the Museum Shop at (434) 534-8120 to reserve your space. Refreshments provided by Montana Plains of Wyndhurst.
The chesnut rose plants are propagated by Michael Kayes of Blue Ridge Boxwood, LLC, from the antique roses growing in the center of the boxwood turnaround in front of the house at Poplar Forest.
Chestnut rose, also known as "Chinquapin Rose" and "Burr Rose" was brought to England, then America from China. Chestnuts roses are deep pink, very double blooms. The lightly fragrant flowers open from mossy-looking buds irregularly throughout the growing season and are followed by bristly, globular hips that resemble chestnut burrs. The roses have a late and long blooming period.