The apothecary’s rose, Rosa gallica (Zone 4) is native to the Middle East, first collected and lost by the Romans and rediscovered during the Crusades. Reintroduced by Thibaut le Chansonnier in ...

Clockwise from top: Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’ (Rosa Mundi), Mme. Isaac Pereire, Maiden’s Blush, Rosa gallica ‘Officinalis’ (Apothecary’s Rose); center: Baron Girod de l’Ain.

Rosa gallica versicolor, possibly named in honour of the Fair Rosamund, mistress of Henry II., and better known today as Rosa Mundi. If Henry VIII were to leap forward to the 21st century via that ...

A French Boursaid (Rosa gallica), an ancient French hybrid, this pink rose was the first cultivated rose in Arizona.