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Village Maid

15 years ago

Can any one tell me about this rose? I have one arriving today...I have always admired the flowers. Some of the Gallicas, do fine for me...some don't. I hope this one is one that will thrive...

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celeste/NH

15 years ago

Village Maid, the centifolia and Village Maid, the gallica are actually two different roses. I grow both, and they are different roses once you know them personally. The centifolia gets much taller, more sprawly, is more heavily-armed with great big thorns and the blooms have no crimson-red stripes, just pale pink mingling with the white.

Suzanne Verrier, in her book "Rosa Gallica" says this:
(in reference to the Gallica, Village Maid)....
The blossoms of Village Maid show irregular and varied stripes of white, lilac and crimson. These various ribbons of color often so dominate or cover the rose that the crimson-purple ground color itself appears as stripes; hence its other name is La Rubanee' (or covered with ribbons).
Clearly Village Maid is among the most historically unclear of the gallicas. Not only is it entangled with many synonyms (Belle Rubine, La Belle Villageoise, La Rubanee', La Villageoise, Panachee Double, Gallica Panachee), this rose has also been confused with R. centifolia Variegata which is a variegated sport of R. centifolia."

So....not sure which one you have....but both are pretty and very vigorous & hardy here in zone 4/NH....but you are in Texas so I can't say how either would do there. But I love them both, with a tad more love for centifolia Variegata since she is one of my very first roses (aside from the rugosas) to come into bloom each June and those palest-pink & white confections of beauty just keep on coming for a full month. (She does scratch me up a lot, though....her thorns are vicious)....but I always forgive her!LOL

Celeste

VILLAGE MAID, THE CENTIFOLIA......more cupped in form than
the gallica, with pale pink and white striping.

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VILLAGE MAID, THE GALLICA.....notice the crimson striping .

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Comments (11)

melva
Original Author
15 years ago
Here is the band that I got...
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melissa_thefarm
15 years ago
I don't know whether we're thinking about the same rose. My 'Village Maid' is also called 'Centifolia Variegata'. It's a handsome, thorny, sprawling, thrifty, healthy plant with palely striped blooms, very pretty! I like this rose. It roots nicely from cuttings.

Melissa
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cincy_city_garden
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Mine was sold as a centifolia; I looked on HMF and it says "centifolia/gallica"..huh? Now I'm confused. I bought it to fill the "centifolia" slot in my garden...do I have to buy Fantin Latour now :)?

FWIW, my VM was planted as a band (teeny like yours) in the Spring, it's now about 3-4 feet tall with floppy canes, hoping for some bloom next year.

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melva
Original Author
15 years ago
Melissa,
Yours is the same rose..it has many names and Village Maid, is just one of them.
Eric, where do you have it planted? Does it get much shade?
patriciae_gw
15 years ago
Start researching 'Village Maid' and it will give you a headache. Centifolia variegata is often called VM-it should be the pale striped one relatively thorny with typical Cent foliage which is thinner than Gallica and more rounded and toothy. Most people agree that this would be Cottage maid. Village Maid-La RubanÃ©e-the Gallica Version should have a mixture of white, lilac and pale crimson..Which is all straight forward till you find out there are other roses sometimes called Cottage maid and Village maid. I got into this because I saw a charming rose called Cottage maid that I wanted..rather than stealing a cutting I thought I would just buy one-oh me.....

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cincy_city_garden
15 years ago
Hi Melva,

Mine is planted in front of a climber I have going on a North/South fence. It gets sun from morning until late afternoon (4 to 5ish?). Good luck with yours.

Eric
melva
Original Author
15 years ago
I used to have a rose, that was named Unique Panachee and the flowers sure looked like Village Maid.
Thanks Eric, I think mine is going to go in a bed that has about the same exposure.
melva
Original Author
15 years ago
This is what I got...
R. centifolia variegata (Village Maid) it is from Rogue Valley
melissa_thefarm
15 years ago
Mine is the Centifolia, and exactly as Celeste describes it. It went through a four month drought, full sun, constant wind, heavy soil, with no difficulty this year, plus a warm winter preceding. I imagine this is good news for a Texan.

Melissa
melva
Original Author
15 years ago
Yes it is..thank you Melissa!

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