Wow! Very pretty roses. I see why you like your Gallicas so much. My next question, where did you find them all? Usually I see Apothecary Rose, Rosa Mundi, Tuscany Superb and Cardinal Richelieu. Jenny Duval and Nestor would be wonderful in my garden :)

Celeste, which gallicas usually bloom for the longest amount of time for you?

Wonderful pictures, though I need no convincing about Gallicas! Do you have more shots of the unknown one? I may have found that here in NE Pennsylvania.

Absolutely gorgeous!! I only have a few gallicas but you make me want to have more.

Oh gosh....I wish I could grow those!!! I can only imagine how good they smell.

Just breath taking!

Deb

Celeste, HelpMeFind surely could use your uploading these photos - many of these beautiful roses have very few pictures on HMF and yours are great! Thanks for making this thread; I really enjoyed it.

Anne

Celeste, my heart started beating faster when I saw these pictures. They purples are beautiful in such an exotic, strange way (at least exotic to me). Other than Charles de Mills, which I've admired for years, Duc de Guiche and Tuscany Superb especially caught my eye. But they're all superbly beautiful, and thank you for putting together this wonderful assortment of Gallicas.

Ingrid

Celeste, I agree with Anne! I have noticed your images on HMF and they're keepers!

One of the things I find especially frustrating about the images on HMF is how relentlessly they are photos of individual blossoms. So often what I most want to see are good pictures of the overall impact of the flowering shrub, you know? With antiques in particular those images can be particularly relevant.

The more of those you (& anyone else) adds to HMF the more powerful that resource becomes.

Yes, the blossoms are to die for, but if the shrub is too big, or too floppy, or, or, or.........

That information is what you gain from pictures of the overall shrubs.

york rose....I am in complete agreement about the need for more photos depicting full shrub shots on HMF and even here. It was my intent that 2009 would be the year I would concentrate on capturing whole rosebushes in my photos, but alas, 2009 became the rainiest summer on record here, especially June. The old oncebloomers in particular, were beaten down badly from the rain and were a real mess. Certainly this season was not the ideal year
to represent their true form. I intend to try again next year! Thanks for responding.

Celeste

"Juneuary"

Celeste, Do you mind me asking if all gallicas are once bloomers? They look like they have some of the darker crimson/purplely color I am looking for in some english roses. You have some gorgeous roses. Thanks, Judy

Those are very nice. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for the beautiful shots, Celeste. I'm sure the fragrances are heavenly as well. Gean

prettypetals, there are others here with far more rose knowledge than I have, but to the best of my knowledge all of the Gallicas are once-bloomers. There may be some Austins that resemble Gallicas yet are reblooming, but they will be classifed as "Austins"/"English Roses" rather than Gallicas.

All I can say is - WOW!

What a terrific series of photos, Celeste - I think I need to get some Gallicas. I've been thinking about Charles de Mills, Tuscany Superb and Rosa Mundi for a while already, so maybe its time now to make a move. Your Nestor and all of the others look so beautiful, too. How's their health?

Do you also grow Cardinal de Richelieu? I'd be curious to hear more about this one since it seems to be quite a popular gallica.

One French comment ("Donald's roses garden") on HMF says that his Cardinal is very prone to blackspot and completely defoliates from August on, and that there are several different cultivars with that name in circulation ... Any thoughts on that one?

Thanks!
Andrea

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