Looking really good Kathy!

So, I'm guessing that rosa gallica is a single dark pink rose? Or am I way off base. Do you have a picture of the original so I can see the difference between that and the sport?

Looks great anyway!

Carol

Hi Carol

R. gallica Officinalis has about 20 to possibly 30 petals. It is not a single, but it is not full either. Further, it is dark pink/almost purple.

I bumped up June 1 photos with a closeup and a distance shot of parent bush r. gallica Offic.

A rosarian friend said this sport/hybrid has a lighter color and it has so many petals, he did not think it was a sport - but perhaps a naturally pollinated hybrid from Compte de Chambord (nearby bush) and r. gallica Officinalis. There are so many suckering canes from r. gallica Officinalis, it is difficult to see if it is a separate bush - need to dig them up and untangle the roots? I probably won't do that for a while.

Kathy