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'R. gallica' rose Reviews & Comments
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3 JUN 04 by
IanM
In reply to Dorothea's message (above),
The original single-flowered Rosa gallica does still grow wild in France and other parts of Europe. At least I have seen photographs of it from those areas. I would be very interested to receive seed of your dwarf variety of Gallica, as I have read about it. It is apparently a mutant cultivar of R. gallica. There is every possibility that some of this seed could throw back to the original form of gallica. There are not too many problems getting seed from Europe to Australia. Just make sure the seed is perfectly clean and dry. The seed must be placed into packets labelled with the species name and approximate quantity of seed. Keep the quantity low. For large quantities, say 100 seeds, halve the quantity into separate envelopes and send a few days apart.
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25 FEB 04 by
Unregistered Guest
I live in Australia and am seeking seed of an original Rosa gallica species. The nearest thing we have to the species in Australia is complicata, which of course is regarded as a hybrid. Can anyone help?
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In my Garden, I have a R. gallica pumila, a dwarf variety of the gallica. The original gallica is said to be lost, but the R. gallica var. pumila is probably the variety, which is the closest to a R. gallica. In autumn, I can try to collect seed from this plant and from Conditorum, which is also said to be a variety of the original gallica. Please send me a mail in october to ask, if I received his this year. Is it allowed to send seed from Europe to Australica without certificates? Dorothea
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