Rosa Lemon Impact - Hybrid Tea Rose

LEMON IMPACT® 'ORAsonmad' bush rose bears large, pure and luminous lemon-yellow roses. Its elongated flower buds open into turbinate, lightly scented corollas set against glossy green foliage. Dense, well branched and very repeat flowering, this bush rose is well suited to beds and large borders, and is suitable for small gardens. Its flowers, which are mostly solitary, are also ideal for making bouquets.

This hybrid bred by Pierre Orard, grandson of Pierre-Joseph Orard, who founded the family rose nurseries at Feyzin in 1930, was introduced in France by Roseraies Orard in 2026. LEMON IMPACT® is its trade name and 'ORAsonmad' its official cultivar name. It is a hybrid tea rose, a group belonging to bush roses with large flowers. These roses bear large, well-formed corollas, either solitary or clustered in small groups, on stems long enough to be cut. The plant forms a dense, semi-erect bush, 80 to 90 cm high and approximately 60 cm across; its well-branched stems spread outwards before arching slightly under the weight of the flowers. The elongated buds open into double roses 9 cm in diameter, made up of 25 to 30 petals. Their lemon-yellow colour, slightly deeper towards the centre, becomes paler on the outer petals. The flowers give off a light, delicately fruity fragrance. Very repeat flowering, flowering is renewed in waves from June to October, or even from the end of May until the first frosts in mild climates. The shrub is deciduous, losing its leaves in autumn and producing new ones in spring. Medium-sized and composed of five to seven oval, toothed leaflets, they form dense, glossy green foliage. The young shoots take on reddish hues and the stems bear prickles. The foliage has good overall resistance to common rose diseases. The name Lemon Impact directly echoes the very vivid, pure lemon-yellow colour of its flowers.

This Lemon Impact® bush rose naturally belongs in a cutting garden, near the vegetable garden or along a path. In a contemporary rose garden or an urban garden, its sunny colouring gains depth when combined with cool or dark shades. It can be paired with Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise', Penstemon 'Blackbird', Spiraea 'Snowmound' and the mauve rose 'Blue Girl'. White, mauve and burgundy temper the brightness of its yellow roses. Planted in groups of three, arranged in a triangle among catmint, this bush rose will brighten a well-kept small garden for many weeks.