Rosa x polyantha GALAXY Naos - Miniature Rose

GALAXY® Naos is a compact miniature rose that forms a small cushion of flowers in soft pink pompons, fading to white over the days. Selected by the breeder Meilland, this dwarf rose forms a veritable little constellation of pompons from May to October, on healthy, dark green foliage. Perfect for low borders, pots on a balcony or terrace and small urban gardens, it combines floriferousness, natural disease resistance and very limited maintenance.

Belonging to the Rosaceae family, the GALAXY® Naos rose is a horticultural cultivar. Its common names are Galaxy Naos rose, dwarf landscape rose Galaxy Naos or miniature landscape rose Galaxy Naos. Its full name is Rosa ‘Meilcy 003’ GALAXY® NAOS, selection code ‘Meilcy 003’.
It is a recent French creation from Meilland International, introduced in 2025 in the GALAXY® series, a range of particularly compact and easy-going miniature roses, suited to urban uses and pot cultivation. GALAXY® Naos stands out for its double pompon flowers, while other varieties bear single, star-shaped flowers.

GALAXY® Naos forms a small, well-rounded, densely branched shrub. At maturity, it reaches about 40 cm in height with a spread of 30 to 40 cm, both in the ground and in a pot. Its growth is fairly rapid: within one to two seasons, the plant already forms a well-established clump. The stems are thin, bearing compound foliage of small, oval, dark green, slightly glossy leaves. The foliage is deciduous: the leaves fall in autumn and reappear in spring.
The flowers, 1 to 2 cm in diameter, are full of petals. They open in clusters at the ends of the stems, forming bunches laden with flowers. The buds open in a fresh, quite bright pink, then the hue gradually lightens to become very pale pink, almost white, creating a lovely gradient on the same shrub. The repeat flowering begins in May and renews itself until October. Some of the spent flowers fall off spontaneously, which limits cleaning tasks in summer.
In the garden or in a pot, this miniature rose shows little susceptibility to common rose diseases (powdery mildew, black spot, rust) under good growing conditions. Its name evokes the star Naos, a brilliant blue giant in the constellation of Puppis.

The GALAXY® range plays on the image of a sky studded with small roses, reminiscent of a shower of stars above city balconies and gardens. 'Naos' finds its place in low borders, at the front of beds, in planters and small urban gardens. In the garden, it can be planted in groups of 3 to 5 specimens to highlight a path or a shrub border. In a pot, a nice wide bowl or a flower box is enough to show it off. You can pair it with Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’, Agapanthus ‘Northern Star’ and the dwarf buddleias ‘Lilac Chip’ and ‘Tiny Buddy White’.