This rose tends less torward purple then my very similar gallica, Cardinal Richleau. I am suspicious of photos that show this rose to be deeper purple as they may be Cardinal Richleau. It would be very easy to confuse these two roses, and indeed they may have been mixed up in commerce. Taken mid April in the U.S. Southeast. (Mississippi).
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This rose tends less torward purple then my very similar gallica, Cardinal Richleau. I am suspicious of photos that show this rose to be deeper purple as they may be Cardinal Richleau. It would be very easy to confuse these two roses, and indeed they may have been mixed up in commerce. Taken mid April in the U.S. Southeast. (Mississippi).