Book  (1994)  Page(s) 51.  
 
'Complicata' blossoms are a pink blend, single (7 petals), and fragrant. Description... The flowers are long-lasting, closing at night and opening with the sun...

Book  (Nov 1993)  Page(s) 55.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 127.  
 
Gallica. Parentage unknown. One of the loveliest of single roses, vut hardly a typical Gallica. Description... Lacks scent... The name means "folded together" -- there is a distinct pleat in each petal.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 104.  
 
Complicata Gallica, deep pink, white eye, Possibly a hybrid of R. macrantha hort.; Origin and date unknown. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 44.  Includes photo(s).
 
Complicata Gallica. Parentage: Unknown, possibly some R. canina, or R. macrantha. Origin and date unknown. Description... The large single flowers can be 13 cm (5 in) across and are a clear, bright pink with pale centres...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 127.  
 
One of the loveliest of single roses, ‘Complicata’ is hardly a typical Gallica, being a great, rambling bush, quite capable of clambering 3 metres (10 feet) into other shrubs and cascading over them with its shining pink flowers against clear green leaves. It is rather deficient in scent, and rather too straggly to grow on its own. The best way to grow it is to plant it in a mixed shrubbery where it can grow as it pleases, with only mild discipline at pruning time. ‘Pruning time’ in this case means after flowering, as the hips are nothing special. The name does not mean ‘complex’ but ‘folded together’ - there is a distinct pleat in each petal. Parentage unknown. Summer flowering.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 35.  
 
'Complicata'. A Gallica. A strong-growing shrub with flowers about 12 cm (4 in) across. Possibly a cross between Rosa gallica and Rosa canina. Summer flowering. Height to 300 cm (10 ft) if supported.

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 157.  
 
Some roses suitable for hedges
R. gallica (spreading)....'Complicata'

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Gallica shrub; pink, pale centre; blooms large, single, with folded petals; not remontant; growth open, arching, strong, 7 x 8 ft. (2.2 x 2.5 m); greyish green leaf; light scent. Origin unknown, perhaps some R. canina or R. macrantha.

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 35.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Complicata'. It is the white centre and yellow stamens which give the rose 'Complicata' it's brilliance, enhancing the already clear pink. It is sometimes called R. gallica 'Complicata', but, while the gallica rose is almost certainly in its parentage, it is a rose of unknown origin......