Rosa Le Roi de Coeur

Rosa Le Roi de Coeur (Starzored) is a modern hybrid tea rose that is disease-resistant and highly floriferous from May to October. Its bright red flowers emit a beautiful fruity scent. Its turbinated roses are perfectly highlighted by superb dark green foliage, which remains healthy. It is beautiful in a border and performs very well in a pot. Its flowers are charming in a vase.

Rosa Le Roi de Coeur is a modern bush rose created by Bernard Panozzo and distributed by La Star de Doué, a rose breeder for four generations located in Doué la Fontaine, the rose capital. This bushy shrub reaches an average height of 90cm (35in) at maturity. It has a rapid growth rate. It produces strong, thorny branches that bear foliage cut into large, thick, and toothed leaflets, with a shiny dark green colour. From May-June, the plant produces waves of flowers measuring 8 to 9cm (3 to 4in), with a shape that is both turbinated and elongated, characteristic of hybrid tea roses. The flowers are solitary or gathered in small bouquets at the end of long shoots from the current year or by those that emerge from 2-year-old stems. The roses will continue to bloom until October if faded flowers are regularly removed. The foliage is particularly healthy. It is deciduous in winter. 

Rosa Le Roi de Coeur is aptly named. It is a charming rose that will look wonderful in flower beds, or in pots on balconies or patios. In the garden, it can be planted with Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea', or a pretty variegated Virginia creeper like Ampelopsis glandulosa 'Elegans'. It is magnificent planted in groups of 3, placed in the centre of a flower bed, or combined with white or red roses. It also blends well with light shrubs, perennials, and annuals such as Gaura, paniculate baby's breath, bellflowers, paniculate phlox, or tall foxgloves. One can also plant an herbaceous clematis with blue flowers such as Clematis heracleifolia or a Sollya heterophylla in mild climates at its base. Its roses are stunning in bouquets, paired with lilies in summer or asters in autumn.