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
'Tuscany Superb' is a small shrub of vigorous, upright habit, with plentiful foliage and semi-double, slightly scented, deep crimson-purple flowers to 6cm in width