Rosa gallica Gros Provins Panaché BIO

The organic 'Gros Provins Panaché' Rose Bush is a plant grown organically, selected for the richness of its petals in essential oils, usually intended for the perfume industry. It is a mutation of the robust rosa gallica officinalis, from which it has inherited this delicious fragrance reminiscent of rose candies. On this bush with a flexible habit, almost devoid of prickles and clad in disease-free light green foliage, beautiful double and plump flowers bloom, variegated with white, cream, and different shades of pink. This flowering is not very recurrent, but it is abundant and prolonged in June. All roses called galliques are excellent bush plants, both hardy, healthy, carefree, and full of charm.

The Rosa x gallica Gros Provins Panaché is a descendant of the Rosa gallica, the French or Provins rose, a plant already celebrated by the Greek poet Anacreon in the 6th century BC. Native to central and southern Europe, the original gallic rose was probably brought to Gaul by the Roman conquest. This Gros Provins Panaché variety was obtained in France by Fontaine in 1866.

'Gros Provins Panaché', with vigorous growth, forms a bushy and flexible rose that reaches about 1.50m (5ft) in height and 1.20m (4ft) in width. Its stems are almost devoid of prickles. Its foliage, cut into small pointed leaflets, is light green and remarkably healthy. This variety generally blooms abundantly in June for several weeks. Depending on the climate and growing conditions, it sometimes reblooms at the end of summer, but in a more sporadic and random manner. Its roses measure 7cm (3in) in diameter and are in the form of double and globular cups. Grouped in numerous bouquets, they bloom on branches at least one year old. Their colour evolves over the days, and they are all different: the petals are randomly striated with cream white, pale pink almost white, on a background of pink to violet that darkens from purple to violet. At full bloom, the roses sometimes reveal a small cluster of stamens. The fragrance of the flowers is more or less pronounced depending on the temperature and time; this is typical of old roses. The deciduous foliage falls in late autumn.

The Organic 'Gros Provins Panaché' Rose Bush, like other Gallic roses, is a sturdy shrub with a rich history. These are shrubs like 'Versicolor', 'Belle Isis', 'Gros Provins Panaché', or 'Charles de Mills' that stand guard in old abandoned gardens, while many others have surrendered. Recognized as one of the best variegated roses, Gros Provins Panaché contributes to the exuberance of summer flowering shrub beds, landscape hedges, mixed with mock oranges, abelias, or lilacs. In perennial beds, it wonderfully accompanies perennial geraniums, panicle phlox, catmints, or lavender.

If you have enough space, English, Old or Shrub Roses are magnificent planted in groups of three plants. They will grow together to form a single opulent bush that will bloom even more generously.