Roses based on the cultivar 'Portlandica' and named after the second Duchess of Portland. The original was a hybrid between the Autumn Damask and R. gallica 'Officinalis' and Portlands have been known since 1792. They are similar to Gallica roses and form late-flowering, compact bushes just over 1 m tall and with strong flower colours. They were crossed with Chinas to produce the forerunners of the Hybrid Perpetual.
Source: (2002). Rosaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Flowers double, densely petalled, crimson-purple, fragrant. Parentage unknown, raised Cartier, France, 1855.
Foliage grey-green. Flowers double, quartered, deep pink, darker in the centre, strongly scented. 'Baronne Prévost' _ 'Portlandica', raised Moreau-Robert, France, 1863.
Flowers double, dark pink. Parentage unknown, raised Moreau-Robert, France, 1863.
Flowers semi-double, cupped, red to maroon, fragrant, c. 1770.
Flowers deep pink, fading towards petal margins, fragrant. Parentage unknown, raised Moreau-Robert, France, 1868.
Flowers semi-double, bright pink, fragrant. Parentage unknown, raised Verdier, France, 1855.
Flowers double, pure white, strongly fragrant. Parentage unknown, raised Damaizin, France, 1869.
Rosa 'Rose Du Roi À Fleurs Pourpres'
Reddish purple flowers over a long flowering season. Probably a sport of 'Rose du Roi', raised in 1819.
Flowers double, red, mottled purple, strongly scented. 'Portlandica' _ r. gallica var. officinalis. Raised Lelier, France, 1815. Sometimes classified as a Hybrid Perpetual.
