Rosa x polyantha Fête des Mères Orange (Orange Morsdag)

Rose Fête des Mères Orange (Orange Morsdag) brings its beautiful orange colour to this series of mini-polyantha roses. It is a very small bush that transforms into a living bouquet of small double flowers almost spherical in shape, a bright orange color, in May-June. This flowering is renewed in successive waves until autumn. It can be placed anywhere in the garden, to fill a gap in a flower bed, in a pot on the patio, a planter, or to create pretty colourful borders.

The Mother's Day Rose, officially named 'Morsdag', was discovered in 1949 in the Netherlands by FJ Grootendorst, famous for his roses with carnation-like flowers. This Orange Mother's Day variety was obtained in 1956. It is a compact, highly recurrent, clustered-flowered rose with thin but strong stems. Left to grow freely, 'Orange Mother's Day' will not exceed 30-40 cm (12-16in) in height, slightly more in width. In mild climates, the bush will be slightly taller. It can also be trained on a trellis in a pot to decorate the terrace, forming a mini-climber about 50-60 cm (20-24in) tall. The flowering is renewed for about 5 months. On the year's shoots, clusters of small pointed buds appear, which open into 3-4 cm (1-2in) flowers composed of 26 to 40 very concave petals, giving the impression that this little rose refuses to fully bloom. The fragrance of the flowers is more or less pronounced. They are set on a small, abundant, and shiny foliage, which shows little sensitivity to diseases under good growing conditions. This variety is easily propagated by cuttings and layering.

This rose, known as a 'dwarf or patio rose', performs well both in the ground and in deep pots and planters. It is perfect for filling a low border and for flowering on a terrace. Combine your Mother's Day roses, which come in red, pink, white, etc., with other patio plants such as lobelias, nemesis, diascias, or bidens. In the ground, its flowers, which resemble reduced peonies, go well with the fluffy spikes of catmints, the small blue cups of perennial geraniums, and other small roses like Blue Boy or Pomponella...