Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
‘American Beauty’ is a hybrid perpetual rose bred in France in 1875 and originally named ‘Madame Ferdinand Jamin’. The cup-shaped flowers which are deep pink and strongly scented are situated on long stiff stems. They appear in flushes over a long period. The height of the shrub ranges between 90 and 200 cm.In 1875 it was brought to the United States by George Valentine Nash[citation needed].