Rosa Robe Fleurie - ground cover rose

Rosa Robe Fleurie ground cover rose bush is known for its exceptional floribundance. This low and wide, vigorous bush has naturally charming large clusters of pink flowers with white centres, very welcoming to bees. Its vigour, the good health of its small dark foliage, and the little attention and care it requires are also assets. If not pruned from August onwards, its faded flowers will form small decorative hips at the end of the season. This rose bush works wellin front of taller shrub beds, in large borders, along pathways...

The flowers of the Robe Fleurie rose bush are gathered in large clusters the same as the polyantha rose, an old hybrid from the Rosa multiflora and the Rosa chinensis. This excellent variety from Lens Roses was introduced in 1995. Its qualities were rewarded with a Second prize at the Paris Landscape Contest in 1998. This small bush with thorny stems has a bushy, spreading, slightly trailing habit, wider than it is tall. It will reach about 45 cm (18in) high with a spread of 70-80 cm (28-32in) in a few years. The single flowers, 5 cm (2in) in size, are light pink with white centres, gathered in large clusters. After the first wave of flowers in June, the stems continue to grow and will have new clusters of flowers. The flowering season repeats until October if the soil remains moist. This particularly vigorous and highly disease-resistant variety develops dense, deciduous foliage, divided into small dark green leaflets with a satin-like texture, that falls in autumn.

The 'Robe Fleurie' rose will grow in all soils that are not too dry and in all climates, which allows it to be grown in many regions. It works well in borders, flower beds, or on a large slope where it will cover the ground. It can also be planted in groups of 3, arranged in a triangle, or as a standalone plant on a lawn. Plant it en masse or alongside pink ground cover roses (Maman Turbat, Mirato, The Fairy) or white ones (Swany, Escimo) to highlight the layout of a pathway or a shrub bed. It pairs well with many perennials in an English-style garden: peonies, iris, tall phlox, salvias, mulleins... or old-fashioned roses with opulent flowers in shades of purple, white, or pink. 'Robe Fleurie' will also form a lovely composition with the Blue River herbaceous clematis.