Rosa gallica var.officinalis
(Apothecary's Rose)
Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Origin - Central and Southern Europe
Year of Introduction - circa 1400
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1m
Width - 1m
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: A Gallica rose with a bushy habit and a rounded outline. Grey-green to bright green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets. Large semi-double, cupped flowers are a vivid shade of magenta, and each Bloom has a prominent cluster of golden stamens. The flowers are highly scented and maintain their fragrance once dried, and therefore, were often used in herbal medicine. The Blooms are produced in clusters (sometimes singly) from early to midsummer and are followed by orange-red hips. Attractive to bees.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common names - Provins Rose, Red Rose of Lancaster, Old Red Damask
Flower:
Large semi-double, cupped flowers are a rich shade of magenta, and each bloom has a central cluster of golden stamens. The flowers are highly fragrant and produced in clusters (sometimes singly) in June. The flowers are attractive to bees and are followed by orange-red hips.
Flower colour: Magenta
Flower shape: Cupped Rose flowers in clusters
Flowering time: June
Foliage:
Grey-green to bright green pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the prickly stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to elliptic leaflets
Propagation:
Cuttings, grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.