Rosa Cyclamen 'Pierre de Ronsard' - Climbing Rose

The climbing rose 'Cyclamen Pierre de Ronsard' (Margaret Mae) is a deep pink flowered version of the famous 'Pierre de Ronsard' to which it is related. It belongs to the Romantica series created by Meilland, perfectly combining old roses' grace and touching beauty with the floribundity and resistance of modern roses. This climbing rose gives an impression of vigour, health, and charm due to its well-double, old-fashioned roses, where silvery reflections shimmer on the reverse of its warm pink petals. It has good disease resistance, a light fragrance, and a generous flowering, especially when planted in the sun.

'Pink Eden Rose - Margaret Mae’' is a modern climbing rose hybrid tea introduced in 2017 by the rose breeder Meilland. This sarmentous bush with an upright habit reaches an average height of 2.75 m (9ft) or more, with a spread of 1.50 m (5ft) at maturity, and has a rapid growth rate. It produces stiff, strong, thorny branches that bear elegant, medium green foliage, is slightly shiny and highly resistant to rose diseases if the growing conditions are correct. All summer, if faded flowers are removed and the soil remains moist, its large flowers with 70 petals, measuring 12 cm (5in) in diameter, emerge from big, round, pink buds, then open into highly double and globular roses divided into quarters, which open better under the sun and in a rather warm climate. The petals, of deep pink colour, have a reverse side of a warmer, lighter, almost silvery pink. They create a beautiful rose gradation on the scale of the flower. They are grouped in small clusters of 3, carried at the end of long shoots from the current year or emerging on 2-year-old stems. Their fragrance is light.

'Cyclamen Pierre de Ronsard' is a full-sun rose, like its parent 'Pierre de Ronsard', and its vigor is ensured in a well-amended garden soil that does not dry out too much in summer. It is a perfect rose for romantic borders and bouquets. It deserves a wall exposed to the sun (not scorching, however) or a structure large enough to support its flower-covered growth. It allows for magnificent displays throughout the summer, requiring very little maintenance other than regular watering in summer during hot and prolonged droughts. The 'Romantica®' rose series offers many possibilities for combinations, for example planting Red Eden Rose, Allegro® (deep purple), the famous Pierre de Ronsard, Palais Royal (white), and Auguste Renoir (bengal rose) side by side. They can also be paired with easy-to-grow large-flowered clematis such as 'Etoile Violette' or 'Broughton Star'. They are good companions for phlox, delphiniums, foxgloves, catmints, and tall baby's breath.