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. -
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. -
Pretty double loose blooms of pale pink striped purple-crimson fading to paler tones. Short compact bushy growth. Grey green leaves. Good fragrance. A summer flowering . Size:90cm x 90cm. -
An excellent reliable Gallica of rosette formation. Rich pink fading to pale violet. Coarse green foliage overlaid with a bluish tinge. Highly scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm. -
One of the most purple roses. Rich purple flowers with paler centres and pretty green button eyes. Very floriferous. Good scent. Lush dark green leaves. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m. -
A superb old rose. Very large striking quartered blooms of maroon and purple. Sweetly fragrant. Good dark foliage. Its vigour make it one of the easiest Gallicas to grow. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m. -
A vigorous shrub bearing a multitude of large single pink blooms with a white centre and golden stamens. Seems to thrive in some very poor conditions. Very healthy. Good scent and pollinating insects. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m x 2m.
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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. -
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A sprawling variety bearing huge very double blooms of deep pink with lilac edges. Beautiful dark green healthly Foliage. Virtually thornless stems. Fine scent. Summer flowering. Size:90cm x 1.2m. -
a.k.a 'Apothecary Rose' or 'Red rose of Lancaster'. Smothered semi double light crimson blooms. Very fragrant, good in pot-pourri. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m. -
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a.k.a Mme Herbert. Full quartered blooms. Purple crimson centres with lilac white outer petals. Good foliage. Scent. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm. ( President de Seze ) -
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A.k.a. De La Maître D'Ecole. Red buds open pink then mature to lilac-mauve,the blooms are flat and rosette shaped. Good scent . Compact habit. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
Very full magenta-crimson blooms with a green button eye. Dark green healthy foliage. Garden worthy. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m. -
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 centre of the petals. Good scent. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m. -
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Rich pink double blooms veined with deeper shades. Petals wavy and loosely arranged. Scented. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m. -
Small compact habit. The blooms emerge from crimson buds and are quilled and quartered with green button eyes. Light crimson striped on a blush background. Fragrant. Summer flowering. Size: 1m x 1m.
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Beautiful quartered blooms with a magenta pink at the centre of the petals turning lilac to the outer. Good scent. Light green foliage. Size:1.2m x1.2m. Summer flowering. -
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Deep crimson semi-double flowers mottled with purple and pink.Showy golden stamens Good scent. Dark stems mid-green serrated foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.5m. -
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a.k.a Cerisette la Jolie. Deep cerise-maroon fully double blooms with a golden button eye. Highly Fragrant. Good in middle of border as can be sparse in foliage and rather leggy. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm. -
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.
