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."

    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.

    Charles des Mills: unknown Absolutely covered with large, full, deep red-purple flowers with wonderful                       
    rose attar fragrance for weeks in rose season. This is among the best in our gardens. It grows beautifully in
    morning shade here. 5' x 5'

    Belle des Jardins: Guillot, France, 1827  Very double, purple-red with white and pink stripes. A wonderful example    
    of the “mad Gallicas.” Compact. Fragrant. 3-4’

    'Tuscany ' Pre- 1750 “Old Velvet” Deep purple, flat, semi-double flowers with contrasting yellow stamens. This rose
    once grew on Catherine Zimmerman’s grave in Minersville, the lone survivor of the cemetery roses there. Perhaps
    it was her favorite rose. It certainly is one of ours. 3-4’ some fragrance
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    Centifolias: Called “cabbage roses,” these hundred petaled roses reach back to antiquity. One wonderful, generous bloom.

    ‘De Meaux ‘ Rosa Centifolia ‘Pomponia’  before 1700  Small buds open to hundred-petalled flowers with
    wonderful fragrance. Pale to deep pink. Everything about this twiggy rose is diminutive- buds, clusters of bloom,
    3 x 3 size, – except its fragrance. Good in herb garden, pots, or in front of border. One generous flowering.

    'Fantin Latour' circa 1850  Large, pale pink, 200 petalled flowers with a deeper pink blush. Intense fragrance.
    Cupped & curled. The flowers are classic cabbage roses. Healthy. Almost thorn-less. Named for the French painter.
    6’ can be grown to climb.

    'Juno ' Laffay 1847  Very large, globular, double, pink flowers. Arching bush with grey-green foliage. Extremely
    fragrant. Would be a good candidate for a wall or fence. Very disease resistant. Probably better classed as
    Hybrid China.

    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

    ‘Ispahan’ before 1832, unknown  Light-pink flowers in clusters. Ispahan blooms over a long season and has a strong
    Damask fragrance. Wonderful for culinary uses, potpourri, rose beads etc. Tall and thin in our garden, responds to
    pruning after bloom. This is grown for rose oil in Iran where it is also found in old gardens and wild in
    the hills around Ispahan.

    'Blanc de Vibert' Vibert 1847 Lovely, smaller, white, very double flowers with a strong Damask fragrance.
    Soft green foliage on an upright, slim plant. 3’ x 3’  This is a Portland Damask and will re-bloom.
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