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    Gallicas: These sturdy, generous plants are my favorite class of roses. They are carefree and persist even on neglect.
    Given good care, they’ll reward you with a season of rich, abundant bloom and wonderful fragrance. We have had several good
    Gallica finds in Schuylkill Co. Vintage writes: Richly colored in a pink & mauve palette, with intricate flowers packed with petals &
    amply perfumed, the Gallicas have no substitutes among modern roses."

    'Belle Sans Flatterie’  1806Flowers very double, quartered pink/ light lilac color most intense at the center on a dark
    green foliage. A beautiful, carefree and fragrant rose. This was planted in Empress Josephine’s garden at Malmaison.
    SOLD OUT FOR 2011

             'Gallica officinalis' The Apothecary Rose, 1200? Ancient. If you can have only one rose in your herb garden,
this is the one. Rose-red flowers with gold stamens grace this plant that grew in monastery gardens in the
Middle Ages. Used medicinally to treat inflammation & heal mental illness as well as for cosmetics and cooking.
This rose also keeps its scent better than most, making it invaluable for rose beads and potpourri. “Magically
sweeter in death than in life” says Leonie Bell. Stands shade. Hips. SOLD OUT FOR 2011

 'Rosa Mundi’ c. 1581  Wonderfully striped version of the Apothecary’s rose, with the same good fragrance and wonderful
informal beauty. Of tough constitution, A treasure. SOLD OUT FOR 2011

   Rosa gallica  ‘Rosa Gallica’ pre-1500 Shallow, cupped, deep rose-pink, single blooms with bright yellow stamens. Good fragrance.  
  Sets oval hips. Low growing. Possibly the parent species rose of the gallicas. Easy. SOLD OUT FOR 2011

 ' Duchesse d' Anguleme'  aka the "Wax Rose" 1818 Vibert 1836 gt, (Mielliez 1818 vg)  Pale, blush-pink, translucent, wax-like,
petals. Red in bud, the flowers open cupped, deeper pink in the center, fading to white at the outer petals. Exquisite
damask fragrance with a hint of face powder. Lower growing. Somewhat shade tolerant.  SOLD OUT FOR 2011


Centifolias: Called “cabbage roses,” these hundred petaled roses reach back to antiquity. One wonderful, generous bloom.

 ' Petite de Hollande' about 1800  A compact Centifolia with soft pink cabbage blooms, deeper pink towards the center.
Generous once- bloomer. Very fragrant. Wonderful for the herb garden.  Somewhat shade tolerant. 2'x 3'.


          Damasks: are the quintessence of Old Rose fragrance and loveliness. They have been used for perfume, rose oil and potpourri
for centuries. The plants themselves are healthy and easily grown. Their associations with commerce and their fragrance make
them naturals for the herb garden.

'Celsiana'  Cels, before 1750 If I could grow just one rose, this is the one. I fell in love with once-bloomers when
my year old Celsiana covered itself with over 100 blooms. And what blooms; semi-double, large, open, generous
flowers with exquisite damask perfume. Light pink, fading to blush. Yellow stamens. Long bloom period. 6’ arching.
Generous grey-green foliage. Pre-1750 ONE LEFT

Portland Damasks: Re-blooming old roses with Damask scent and an affinity for the Gallica & Damask roses with
a strong link to the Hybrid Perpetuals. Portlands are compact. The best are fragrant and easy.

 'Comte de Chambord' 1860 One of the best Portland Damasks for re-bloom, fragrance and dependability. Rich pink with lilac
shading, the blooms are full with curving outer petals. Intense Damask fragrance. SOLD OUT FOR 2011

 'Delambre'  Moreau & Robert 1863  Rose- red buds open to deep lilac pink cupped, quartered, petal-packed blooms. Flowers
in generous clusters on a compact plant. Strong sweet scent. Delambre does not re-bloom for us here, though it should by class
and reputation. SOLD OUT FOR 2011
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