Rosa 'Bolshoi' - Hybrid Tea Rose

The 'Bolshoï' Rose is a modern tea hybrid rose that stands out for its large, vibrant, two-tone flowers, brilliantly edged in currant red on a yellow background, and its intense scent of May rose. The flowers bloom abundantly and continuously from summer to autumn on a vigorous and compact bush dressed in semi-matte green foliage, highly resistant to diseases. A generous, robust, brilliant rose, perfect for adding colour and fragrance to flowerbeds and balconies or terraces, planted in a beautiful container. Enjoy the scent and the long-lasting flowers in a vase as well! 

'Bolshoï' or 'Meizuzes' is a modern bush rose with large flowers obtained by Meilland in 1997. This excellent variety was awarded the Gold Medal in Rome in 1996, the Gold Medal, and the Perfume Prize in Belgium at Le Roeulx in the same year. This dense, bushy shrub reaches about 75 cm (30in) in height and 50 cm (20in) in width at maturity, with rapid growth. It produces robust, thorny and well-branched branches, reddish when young. They bear exquisite foliage, bronze at the beginning, turning to semi-matte green, highly resistant to diseases. Throughout the summer and well into the season, if faded flowers are removed, the plant continuously produces large 13 cm (5in) diameter flowers, with a typical turbinate shape opening to a very tight heart, typical of tea hybrid roses. They are composed of 45 red-pink petals with a yellow base and the exact bright yellow reverse, a colour that stands out and is vibrant without being too loud. They are solitary and borne at the end of long shoots of the year or emerging on 2-year-old stems. The well-remontant flowering is characterised by a pronounced scent of rose with lemony notes.

With its vibrant colour and intense fragrance, this Bolshoï' rose stands out in the garden and is sometimes noticed by its scented fragrance before being spotted in a flowerbed. It deserves a place not far from the house or a pathway. Delicate and wildflowers like camomiles, white love-in-a-mist or Cuphea hyssopifolia can add an airy touch to this bush, as well as white groundcover roses (Swany) and certain grasses such as crested wheatgrass or Pennisetum setaceum, for example. Purple-leaved heucheras also provide a beautiful backdrop for its roses, as do lavender and catmints. It will look stunning as a solitary plant, for instance, in groups of 3 and a large pot on your patio or balcony. Its flowers make beautiful romantic bouquets alongside peonies and white lilacs.