Rosa polyantha Maman Turbat

The rose bush 'Maman Turbat' was one of the first 'multiflora' hybrids, truly very perpetual, created at the beginning of the 20th century. This rose bush, with its good health, surprises with the vigour and the duration of its uninterrupted flowering from June until autumn. On its low vegetation, a profusion of small semi-double rosettes, of a very fresh lilac pink that lightens at ripeness, open. With its compact habit and its generous bouquets, this small bush forms a very romantic flowered dome, highlighting the borders and the flower beds with a foamy festoon for at least 6 months. It will also look glorious in a large pot on the terrace or balcony.

The flowers of Rosa (x) polyantha 'Maman Turbat', gathered in clusters, come from the polyantha rose, an old hybrid resulting from Rosa multiflora and Rosa chinensis. This pretty variety shows a bushy, dense and nicely rounded habit, as wide as it is tall. It will reach about 50 cm (19.7 in) in all directions in a few years. The semi-double flowers measuring 3 cm, in the shape of globular cups, slightly scented, evolve from lilac pink to a very tender colour, creating a pretty scale of shades on the bush. They bloom in very large numbers in large pyramidal bouquets, from June to October-November, as long as there is no frost. The scent of the flowers is discreet. This vigorous variety is also highly disease-resistant. It develops foliage of a beautiful bright green, slightly satiny. Its stems bear very few thorns.

Obtained by Turbat, France, 1911.

The 'Maman Turbat' rose bush adapts to all soils that are not too dry and all climates, allowing it to be planted anywhere. For a dazzling display it can be planted in groups of 3, arranged in a triangle, isolated on a lawn. It will make an impression when planted en masse along pathways or to highlight shrub flower beds and will integrate perfectly with light or opulent perennial flower beds. It can be associated with perennial geraniums (Geranium Blue Cloud, Anne Folkard, Nimbus, Orion), campanulate flowers (lactiflora, rapunculoides), catmints, perennial salvias, foxgloves or other Stachys. Left to grow freely, it forms a flowered dome with blurred shapes, wildly romantic in front of a flower bed composed of abelias, kolkwitzia, mock orange, elderberries, Nandina, Choisya, shrubby artemisias, and many others. It will happily border a large pot on the terrace, the balcony, or a flower-filled basin, composed of pelargoniums, nemophilas, and morning glories.