Damask rose offers a strong, centifolia-old rose fragrance; Average diameter 2" pink, double blooming (up to 30 petals) have white undertones and age lighter; Blooms are in small clustered and flat bloom form; Once-blooming spring or summer. Small, glandular sepals, leafy sepals buds. Bushy and upright habit; Well-branche with medium green foliage and 7 leaflets; Very thorny, vigorous growth and can reach up to 6 feet it width; Prune after flowering is finished; this rose blooms on old wood. Bred by Unknown (before 1612). Introduced in Germany by Dr. Georg Dieck in 1889 as 'Rosa damascena var. trigintipetala'. Introduced in France by Eugene Turbat & Co. in 1930 as 'Professeur Émile Perrot'.