Rosa Julio Iglesias

The Julio Iglesias® bush rose is a modern hybrid tea rose that stands out for its disease resistance and charming flowers. This unique rose dedicated to the famous crooner captivates with its enchanting fragrance. The flowering of this vigorous bush is remarkable in many ways, both intense and prolonged. The sumptuous roses it produces have a romantic shape and are distinguished by a special colour: a delicate blend of magenta red and white. These roses emit an amazing fragrance, infused with powerful exotic citrus and lemon notes, with a subtle touch of spices. With generous flowering from spring to autumn, this plant enhances the garden throughout the season. Its dark green and glossy foliage adds extra elegance. Versatile, this variety is perfect for enhancing flower beds, borders, and edges, while also offering the opportunity to create stunning bouquets.

Unveiled in 2007, the Rosa Julio Iglesias® 'Meistemon' is a creation of the famous French rose breeder Meilland-Richardier. Since the 1850s/1867, Meilland International, based in Var, specifically in Luc-en-Provence, has been exclusively dedicated to the creation and obtaining of roses. For six generations now, the family-owned company has tirelessly worked to improve the colours, fragrances, and resistance of our varieties.

This hybrid variety belongs to the hybrid tea or large-flowered rose family. With rapid growth, it forms a plant with dense vegetation and a compact habit, reaching a height of 0.70 to 0.80m and a spread of 0.50 to 0.60m. This bush is characterized by strong, thorny branches that support dense foliage cut into large, dentate leaves with a satin dark green color, adding a beautiful ornamental appearance to the plant. From May-June to October, it offers generous and continuous flowering. The floral buds, with a purplish hue, open into magnificent flowers measuring 10 to 11cm in diameter, composed of 40 to 50 petals, reminiscent of the characteristic shape of hybrid teas. To maintain continuous flowering, it is recommended to regularly remove faded flowers. Its flowers are often grouped in 2, 3, or even 5 at the end of a long and sturdy thorny stem, perfect for cut flowers. The petals, with a dominant magenta red colour, are more or less speckled and streaked with cream white. The roses emit an intense fragrance with exotic citrus and Madagascar Verbena notes.

With its vibrant, warm, robust, and generous roses, the 'Julio Iglesias®' rose brings the elegance of a star to your garden. All it takes is a sunny exposure, fertile and moist soil for it to reach its full potential. Its luxuriant growth, gentle hue, and intoxicating fragrance make it a perfect choice for enhancing a small hedge, a rose bed, or light perennials. It can also be used individually in a well-maintained small garden. For a dramatic effect, plant it in groups of three in large borders. To create harmonious combinations, associate it with other yellow, white, or salmon-orange toned roses. In a colourful shrub border, you can pair it with Weigelas and dwarf Abelias, Caryopteris, or even lavenders. You can also pair it with Japanese anemones, panicle phlox, blue Canterbury bells, red Penstemons, delphiniums, Buenos Aires verbena... And let's not forget, for contrast, the association with silver foliage plants such as Artemisias and coastal Cinerarias, or positioned in front of the dark foliage of boxwoods, hornbeams, Japanese privets, cotoneaster... Moreover, the cut flowers of this rose have good lasting power and are naturally perfect for creating beautiful bouquets. Thanks to its compact habit, this rose is perfectly suited for container gardening. Just make sure to water it regularly and provide the necessary fertilizers for it to fully thrive on terraces, balconies, or patios.