Belle de Crecy – Early 19^th Century. A reliable Gallica of rosette formation. Rich pink fading to pale violet. Highly scented. Summer flowering. 4ft by 3ft.

Cardinal de Richelieu – 1840. Rich purple flowers with paler centres and button eyes. Scented. Summer flowering 5ft by 4ft.

Charles de Mills (Bizarre Triomphant). A superb rose. Large quartered blooms of maroon and purple. Dark green foliage. Fragrant. Summer flowering. 4ft by 4ft.

Complicata – Probably a hybrid with R canina. Vigorous shrub bearing a good quantity of large, single, pink flowers with white centres. Slight scent. Summer flowering 8ft by 7ft.

Duchess de Montebello – 1829. This lovely rose has fragrant flowers of a soft powdery pink produced on a tidy upright plant. Good in a container. 4ft by 3ft.

Officinalis – (R. gallica ‘Officinalis’. Red Rose of Lancaster). Very Ancient. The Apothecary Rose. Smothered in semi-double light crimson blooms. Rich fragrance. Bushy growth. Grown in France and at Mitcham in Surrey for the production of scents and conserves. Summer flowering. 4ft by 4ft.

Rosa Mundi – (Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’) Very old sport of Officinalis. A classic rose. Similar in all respects to Officinalis except the blooms are striped and splashed blush white. The first clear records go back to 1581. Summer flowering 4ft by 4ft.

Tuscany Superb – 1848. Rich velvety maroon blooms showing golden anthers. Equally rich fragrance. Summer flowering. 4ft by 3ft.