"mmarteen" wrote in message
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I have been building a rose garden in a smallish city lot in zone 4a,
Minneapolis. I have 7 rose bushes; rugosas & canadians and this year
I added a few hybrid teas and a couple of hardy climbers. Next year I
would like to add one or two gallicas to the mix. I've been looking at
Cardinal Richlieu, Charles de Mills and Belle Isis. Does anyone have
any opinions about these roses?

mm

The new book from Firefly (2004) on Old and Antique roses says Gallicas
should be planted with the graft union well above ground, otherwise they
form a "thicket" of suckers.