Rosa Pink Panther

Rosa Pink Panther is a vigorous and ramified bush. It produces an abundance of flowers. This beautiful rose has won many international competitions for its numerous qualities. Its large roses open with the perfect shape of hybrid tea roses, with their multiple petals gracefully unfurling. Their elegant colour of a bright and pure azalea-pink becomes a more intense pink at the margin in cool and humid weather, adding depth to the corolla. Their light fragrance is characterised by fruity notes. It blooms continuously from May until the first frosts. Its beautiful semi-matte foliage is resistant to diseases. It is an easy and generous rose within reach of beginner gardeners. It produces excellent cut flowers.

Rosa Pink Panther is a modern shrub rose related to hybrid tea roses, introduced in 1982 by the Meilland house. This rose has an impressive list of awards: Silver Medal Le Roeulx 1981, Silver Medal Geneva 1981, Silver Medal Monza 1981, Silver Medal Saverne 1981, Gold Medal The Hague 1981, Perfume Award The Hague 1982, ADR 1982, Durban Certificate 1985, Silver Medal The Hague 1988. It is a fast-growing, well-branched shrub, with an upright habit, reaching about 85 cm (34in) in height and 50 cm (20in) in width. It produces strong, thorny branches that bear elegant foliage of medium green, semi-matte leaves. From May-June to October, spiral buds appear that open into perfectly shaped roses, composed of 50 to 55 petals, and measuring 11 to 12cm (4 to 5in) in diameter. They are solitary or grouped in 3 to 5 blooms, appearing at the end of long shoots from the current year or by those that emerge from 2-year-old stems. It will bloom continuously if faded blooms are regularly removed and the soil doesn't dry out too much.

With its perfect pink flowers, Rosa Pink Panther is an elegant treasure for borders and bouquets. With a moderate size and dense foliage, it is ideal for planting as a small hedge or in a group of 3 plants, as well as for growing in a large pot. It fits well in borders with low-growing shrubs that flower in summer or autumn, or mixed with light perennials and annuals. It will look wonderful in front of a boxwood or yew screen, or surrounded by a miniature hedge or a carefully organised maze, as in Italian or French gardens. Above all, it is a generous rose, perfect for pairing, for example, with a clematis with small white flowers like 'Mrs Robert Brydon', and more generally with herbaceous clematis. It also looks sublime with perennial geraniums and catmints.