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Gallica
'Alfieri'.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

Alfieri Gallica Sangerhausen
Ref No: 649
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colour: Purplish Red (old rose), Strong Pink
height: Average Shrub 2.5 - 5 feet (0.75 m - 1.5 m)
scent: Medium
introduction: 1826 - 1850
usda zone: Zone 5 (-22ºC/-7.6ºF to -27ºC/-16.6ºF)
flowers: Fully Double
repeat: Once Flowering

Introduced by Vibert in 1833.
A strong-growing gallica with upright stems to 1.5m. Leaflets rounded and rather thick. Flowers solitary or in pairs, medium-sized, quartered, with a large pointed green button eye, in colour pink to red, veined with purple. Photographed at Sangerhausen Rosarium Germany.
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