Rosa 'Catherine Deneuve' - Hybrid Tea Rose

The 'Catherine Deneuve' Rose is an elegant and distinguished modern hybrid tea rose, probably as famous in the world of roses as the actress of the same name in the world of cinema. Highly resistant to diseases, this variety is a classic in our gardens. It is appreciated for its large, perfect flowers with salmon pink to pale pink and very bright colours and a light fragrance with citrus notes. Produced abundantly from May until the first frost, its roses are as decorative in the garden as they are in bouquets.

'Catherine Deneuve' or 'Meipraserpi' is a modern bush rose with large flowers obtained by Meilland in 1981. This excellent variety has received several awards, including the gold medal in Rome 1979. It is a dense, bushy, and upright shrub, a little stiff, which reaches about 90 cm (35in) in height and 60 cm (24in) in width at maturity, with rapid growth. It produces solid, green, slightly thorny and well-branched branches, which bear exquisite foliage of a relatively dark green with a glossy finish, highly resistant to diseases. Throughout the growing season, if care is taken to remove faded flowers, the plant continuously produces large cup-shaped flowers with a diameter of 12 cm (5in), with a typical campanulate shape of hybrid tea roses. They are composed of 20 to 25 long and wide petals with rolled edges, with a warm colour: initially pink to red, they turn salmon pink and then orange on the front as hours go by, but are nuanced with a soft yellow on the reverse. At full bloom, a small bouquet of golden yellow stamens appears in the centre of the corolla. The flowers are solitary and carried at the end of long shoots from the current year or emerging on 2-year-old stems. A slight fruity and rustic fragrance characterises the repeat flowering.

This 'Catherine Deneuve' rose is as elegant in the garden as in bouquets. To accompany it, choose from perennial plants with light flowering (autumn asters, foxgloves, penstemons), grasses, and nepetas, which are ideal for enhancing its beauty and accompanying it late in the season. For example, pair it with Geranium Rozanne, Geranium Pink Cloud, Geranium grandiflorum, Panic, Nepeta Walker's Low, and Campanulas. It will also look good on its own, for example, in groups of 3 plants and in a large pot on your terrace or balcony. Its flowers make gorgeous romantic bouquets alongside white peonies and white lilacs as well.