Rosa x floribunda Marie Curie - Floribunda Rose

The Cluster-flowered Bush Rose 'Marie Curie' forms a not very tall, but floriferous, delightful and perfectly disease-resistant bush, therefore very easy to grow. Its double and full roses, gathered in bouquets, display a soft and feminine colour, a very light salmon orange bordered with pale pink. Their spicy fragrance, very present, reminds one of cloves. It blooms for a long time, from May until the frost, on a dense foliage of a beautiful dark green. An excellent variety, full of charm, for all gardens, even the smallest ones, and even on the terrace. A must-discover!

The Rose 'Marie Curie' is a creation by Meilland, dating back to 1997. It quickly forms a rounded bush, with thorny stems of 60 to 70 cm (24 to 28in) in all directions, very ramified, vigorous, and covered with a deciduous foliage, cut into wide leaflets, born red and becoming dark green in summer. Its flowering is particularly abundant from May until October-November. Its wide corollas of 9 cm (4in) have 30 to 35 petals, they are slightly ruffled, and gathered in bouquets of 5 to 7 very fragrant flowers and visited by bees. The almost red and tightly closed buds open into round and fully open cups, and then give bicoloured orange and pink roses, a fairly intense hue that fades a little at full bloom, the plant offering a changing and permanent spectacle,  in a mixture of very soft orange, tender pink and salmon.

Floribunda roses allow for beautiful small hedges, planted mixed at the edge of the terrace or in small shrub beds. They are also good companions for peonies, paniculate phlox and tall gypsophila. The modest size and resistance of 'Marie Curie' make it an interesting variety for all gardens, even small ones, and for cultivation in large pots. Its use is multiple, according to the gardener's desires: in a rose bed or mixed with easy-to-grow perennials such as perennial geraniums, small-flowered carnations or blue asters. The fragrant roses of this variety are adorable in bouquets.