Cultivation
The species is easily cultivated on well drained soil in full sun to semishade; it can survive temperatures down to −25 °C. It is one of the earliest cultivated species of roses, cultivated by the Greek and Romans and commonly used in mediaeval gardens. In the 19th century it was the most important species of rose to be cultivated, and most modern European rose cultivars have at least a small contribution from R. gallica in their ancestry.
The following cultivars and hybrids have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
- 'Belle de Crécy'
- 'Cardinal de Richelieu'
- 'Charles de Milles'
- 'Complicata'
- 'Duc de Guiche'
- 'Duchesse de Montebello'
- 'Président de Sèze'
- 'Officinalis'
- 'Versicolor' ('Rosa mundi')
- 'Tuscany superb'
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