Rosa Décorosiers 'Purple Voluptia' - Shrub Rose

The 'Purple Voluptia' Rose adds a superb changing purple color to the range of large, scented flowers in the Voluptia range. This bush combines many qualities and is also naturally resistant to diseases and floribundas, which have made the reputation of Decorosiers. It is a bush that offers double cup-shaped roses with an informal shape, changing from purple to violet-pink over the course of the day. Visible from afar, with an intense oriental fragrance, constantly flowering from May to October, it provides an exceptional, almost permanent decoration and requires very little maintenance. It will find its place in all flower gardens easy, generous, undemanding, and charming. Its roses are perfect in a vase.

The German rose breeder Reinhard Noack recently obtained the 'Purple Voluptia' rose (Noa 38121). It is classified as a modern, bushy and landscaping rose. Its clustered flowers come from the polyantha rose, an old hybrid of Rosa multiflora and Rosa chinensis. The plant forms an upright bush, slightly taller than wide, about 70-80 cm (28-32in) in height and 50 cm (20in) wide, depending on growing conditions. Its reddish young shoots harmonise with the purple colour of the flowering. Very floriferous, it continuously produces an abundance of double flowers measuring 10 cm (4in), with over 30 petals, from late spring to the first frost. Their intense and changing colour perfectly matches the rich and oriental fragrance of dark flowers. They are gathered in small clusters. Its healthy foliage comprises small, shiny, dark green leaves covering thorny stems. This variety adapts to any well-prepared soil.

The Purple Voluptia can be used in flower beds, borders, large spaces, slopes or low hedges. It adapts to all soils that are not too wet and all climates, allowing it to be planted almost anywhere. It has a bushy growth habit and is perfect for low shrub beds in the background of a Decorosier border with shorter varieties like Vesuvia, Isalia, and Emera. Planted in masses, it can also border pathways and highlight flower beds. For example, it can be associated with perennial geraniums (Geranium Blue Cloud, Anne Folkard, Nimbus, Orion), bellflowers (lactiflora, rapunculoides), catmints, lavenders, snapdragons, foxgloves or other Stachys. Left to grow freely, it will form a well-groomed bush, perfect for adding a touch of romance and fragrance to the patio. It also makes beautiful bouquets with its flowers!