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
'Versicolor' is a small shrub of bushy, compact habit, with mid-green leaves and semi-double flowers to 7cm in width, blush-pink striped and spotted with crimson