Chapeau de Napoleon Crested Moss Rose 1 Live Potted Plant – 12+ Inches Tall – Rosa 'Chapeau de Napoléon'

Chapeau de Napoleon Rose (Rosa 'Chapeau de Napoléon'), also known as Crested Moss Rose, is a distinctive historic old garden rose admired for its unusual mossy flower buds, richly fragrant pink blossoms, and traditional garden character. This nineteenth-century cultivar is especially recognizable for the decorative, fringed growth surrounding its flower buds and sepals, which resembles a small crested hat.

The flowers are very full and densely petaled, opening into rounded, cupped to quartered blooms in shades of clear pink to soft rose pink. Their fragrance is typically strong and sweet, with the classic old rose character associated with historic Centifolia roses. Chapeau de Napoleon is generally a once-flowering cultivar, producing its principal display in late spring to early summer rather than blooming continuously throughout the season.

This perennial ornamental rose develops a bushy, upright to arching growth habit with green foliage and distinctive moss-like glandular growth around its buds. It generally prefers full sun, fertile well-drained soil, and moderate, consistent moisture. Its unusual bud structure and fragrant flowers make it suitable for heritage rose gardens, cottage-style landscapes, ornamental borders, and collections of historic roses.

You will receive one live Chapeau de Napoleon Crested Moss Rose plant in a nursery pot.

Shipping Height: Approx. 12+ inches tall at time of shipping.

Quantity: 1 Live Rose Plant

Shipping Form: Potted, with nursery container

Pot Size: Not specified

Plant Form: Young nursery-grown historic rose

Scientific Name: Rosa 'Chapeau de Napoléon'

Alternative Names: Crested Moss Rose, Crested Centifolia

Important Size and Seasonal Appearance Disclosure

The seller specifies a shipping height of 12+ inches. The exact nursery pot diameter and container volume have not been provided.

The supplied plant is a young nursery-grown historic rose rather than a fully developed flowering specimen. Its branching, foliage density, stem development, and overall appearance may vary.

Chapeau de Napoleon is known for its distinctive crested buds and pink flowers, but flowers and buds are not guaranteed at the time of shipping. The characteristic mossy or crested structures are most noticeable when flower buds develop.

This is a once-blooming historic rose, and continuous or repeat flowering should not be expected.

During colder months, the plant may enter dormancy and arrive with reduced foliage or without leaves. Seasonal pruning may also affect its appearance upon delivery.

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

• Common Name: Chapeau de Napoleon Crested Moss Rose

• Alternative Names: Crested Moss Rose, Crested Centifolia

• Scientific Name: Rosa 'Chapeau de Napoléon'

• Cultivar: Chapeau de Napoléon

• Rose Group: Centifolia / Crested Moss Rose

• Rose Classification: Historic / Old Garden Rose

• Quantity: 1 Live Rose Plant

• Shipping Height: Approx. 12+ inches tall at time of shipping.

• Shipping Form: Live Potted Plant

• Pot Included: Yes

• Pot Size: Not specified

• Plant Form: Young Nursery-Grown Historic Rose

• Plant Type: Ornamental Flowering Rose

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Growth Habit: Bushy, upright to arching

• Foliage Color: Green

• Foliage Type: Deciduous

• Flower Color: Clear pink, rose pink, soft pink

• Flower Form: Very full, densely petaled, cupped to quartered

• Flower Fragrance: Strong, sweet old rose fragrance

• Distinctive Feature: Fringed, mossy, crested flower buds and sepals

• Bloom Season: Late spring to early summer

• Flowering Habit: Once flowering

• USDA Hardiness Zones: Generally 4–9

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Soil Preference: Fertile, well-drained soil

• Water Requirements: Moderate

• Landscape Uses: Heritage rose gardens, cottage gardens, ornamental borders, and historic rose collections

• Container Suitability: Yes, in a sufficiently large outdoor container

• Seasonal Condition: May arrive dormant, leafless, recently pruned, or without flowers

One live Chapeau de Napoleon Crested Moss Rose plant (Rosa 'Chapeau de Napoléon'), nursery growing medium, and nursery container.

Quantity: 1 Live Rose Plant

Shipping Height: Approx. 12+ inches tall at time of shipping.

Pot Size: Not specified.

Shipping Form: Potted Live Plant

Plant Form: Young nursery-grown historic Centifolia/Crested Moss rose.