page_title: Rosa gallica
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Rosa gallica / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: English: Cultivate, Toronto, Canada
context_page_description: Rosa gallica, the Gallic rose, French rose, or rose of Provins, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, native to southern and central Europe eastwards to Turkey and the Caucasus. It was one of the first species of rose to be cultivated in central Europe.
context_section_description: It was cultivated by the Greek and Romans and commonly used in mediaeval gardens. Until the 19th century it was the most important species of rose to be cultivated, and most modern European rose cultivars have at least a small contribution from R. gallica in their ancestry.
  Rosa gallica is easily cultivated on well drained soil in full sun to semishade; it can survive temperatures down to −25 °C.
  The following cultivars and hybrids have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
  'Beau Narcisse' (Mielles <1824)
  'Belle de Crécy' (Roeser 1836; withdrawn)
  'Cardinal de Richelieu' (Parmentier <1847; withdrawn) – this rose was used as a starting point for genetic engineering to produce the first blue rose
  'Charles de Mills' (<1790)
  'Complicata'
  'Duc de Guiche' (<1810)
  'Duchesse de Montebello' (Laffay 1824)
  'Président de Sèze'
  'Officinalis'
  'Versicolor' ('Rosa mundi')
  'Tuscany superb'
caption: Rosa gallica 'Tuscany superb'
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