Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered, 5-petalled flowers followed by showy red or purple fruits
Gallica roses are compact, prickly shrubs with dull green foliage and generally fragrant, single to double flowers in small clusters in mid-summer
'Cardinal de Richelieu' is a compact small shrub with plentiful, mid-green foliage and very fragrant, deep wine-purple double flowers 8cm in width