Gallica Roses are an ancient group comprising short compact shrubs with bristly stems and excellent foliage. The flowers range in colour from pink through to the darkest maroon and can be single or most often double. They are prized for their wonderful scent as well as their medicinal properties.
Important Gallicas include the Apothecary’s Rose, also known as Officinalis,which can be traced back to Medieval times and is known as red rose of Lancaster. Rosa Mundi, or Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’ is a classic old rose often seen in Tudor styled gardens, it is a mutation of Officinalis which has distinctive white splashing and striping to the petals.
Planting and Pruning Guide
Require little pruning apart from the removal of old spent wood once established (after flowering) and shaping as required. One habit of Gallica roses includes natural suckering, where creeping roots form new stems far away from the mother plant to produce a thicket. If this is not required it can be easily controlled by keeping the graft union at or just above soil level.
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Gorgeous rich velvety maroon blooms showing golden anthers. Rich scent. Good foliage. Summer flowering. A well shaped bush. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. -
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Very double flowers with intense striping of purple and pink on a white background. Pleasing perfume. Forms a tidy small shrub. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
A.k.a. De La Maître D'Ecole. Red buds open pink then mature to lilac-mauve. Blooms are flat and rosette shaped. Good scent. Compact habit. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
A.k.a. Rosa gallica 'Versicolor'. A classic old rose. Light crimson semi-double blooms, striped white. Summer flowering. Forms a bushy shrub. Rich fragrance. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
A vigorous shrub bearing a multitude of large single pink blooms with a white center and golden stamens. Seems to thrive in some very poor conditions. Very healthy. Good scent. Great for pollinating insects. Summer flowering. Size: 2.4m x 2m. -
a.k.a. The French Rose. Perhaps the most important ancestor of all our garden roses. Single pink blooms with prominent golden stamens. A freely suckering shrub. Light green foliage. Bristly stems. Scented. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
a.k.a. Mme Herbert. Full quartered blooms. Purple crimson centers with lilac white outer petals. Good foliage. Wonderful scent. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. (President de Seze). -
a.k.a 'Apothecary Rose' or 'Red rose of Lancaster'. Smothered semi double light crimson blooms. Very fragrant, good in pot-pourri. Summer flowering. Historically celebrated for its medicinal and culinary qualities. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
Beautiful quartered blooms with a magenta pink at the center of the petals, turning lilac to the outer. Good scent. Light green foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x1.2m. -
a.k.a Violacea. A tall upright bush bearing medium sized almost single blooms of purplish crimson with very pronounced golden stamens. Dazzling white streaks occasionally come from center of the petals. Good scent. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
A recent addition to the Gallicas, one of a few introduced during the 20th century. Large, flat, blooms of rich bright crimson with contrasting golden stamens. Sweet fragrance. Profuse summer flowering. Healthy, bushy growth. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
A Gallica hybrid of unknown origin. It has very full rosette blooms with a button eye. Flowers start dark violet but fade to mauve with a paler reverse. Light scent. Lax, arching, fairly thornless stems. Small dark leaves. Summer flowering. Size: 2m x 2m. -
A sprawling variety bearing huge very double blooms of deep pink with lilac edges. Beautiful dark green healthy foliage. Virtually thornless stems. Fine scent. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 1.2m. -
Georges Vibert has a small compact habit. The blooms emerge from crimson buds and are quilled and quartered with green button eyes. Light crimson stripes on a blush background. Fragrant. Summer flowering. Size: 1m x 1m. -
Empress Josephine has rich pink double blooms veined with deeper shades. Petals are wavy and loosely arranged. Strongly scented. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1m. -
Lovely full quartered cupped blooms of blush pink carried on a lax bush. Dark green foliage. Wonderful perfume. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. -
Large, full, flat blooms with a button eye. Magenta pink tinted with purple and lavender, with a paler reverse. Excellent foliage. Slender erect stems. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
a.k.a. The Wax Rose. A very refined Gallica. Highly perfumed blooms of blush pink with a deeper center emerge from tightly scrolled buds. Tidy upright plant with good foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m. (Duchesse d'Angouleme). -
Duc de Guiche has very full magenta-crimson blooms with a green button eye. Dark green healthy foliage. Garden worthy. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
Very fragrant, double blooms of cerise crimson. Opens slightly ruffled with a central boss of golden stamens. A vigorous tall shrub. Grown in Hungary for attar. Summer Flowering. Size: 1.75m x 1.25m.
