Rosa Ruban Rouge

Rosa Ruban Rouge is a robust red rose with a beautiful fragrance. This bush has a vigorous and regular growth. It produces large double old-fashioned style flowers, generously blooming from late spring to the first frost. Their colour, a light red touched with vermilion, is perfectly highlighted by abundant dark green glossy foliage that is resistant to diseases. This generous, elegant, shiny rose is easy to grow in any region. Its flowers are sublime in bouquets.

Rosa Ruban Rouge 'Meiprehmyr' is a modern bush rose with large flowers obtained by Meilland in 2012, chosen by Line Renaud and Pierre Bergé to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sidaction in 2014. This excellent variety received the Hradec Králové Grand Flowers Special Mention in 2014, the Perfume Prize and the Certificate in Monaco in 2016, and the Baden-Baden Certificate in Vienna in 2016. It is a bushy and upright shrub, reaching an average height of 1m (3ft) with a spread of 50 to 60cm (20 to 24in) at maturity. Its growth is rapid and vigorous. It produces strong, thorny and well-branched stems that bear decorative foliage composed of large leaflets with a shiny dark green colour. It flowers in abundance from June until September-October, if care is taken to remove faded flowers. The flowers are large deep cups, 12cm (5in) in diameter, arranged in regular quarters like some old roses. The fully double roses are composed of 80 velvety petals in a red shade with a vermilion reflection at the centre of the flower. They are mostly solitary, borne at the end of long shoots from the current year or by those that emerge from 2-year-old stems. The flowering is also distinguished by a beautiful fragrance with hints of red fruits nuanced with woody notes. The cut roses last a long time and can be used to create wonderfully scented bouquets.

Rosa Ruban Rouge has its place in all flower gardens. Its magnificent roses dress up any bed, even the most modest, and enhance any bouquet. Red roses truly radiate in sunny regions, especially in partial shade and against the light. With its sumptuous and abundant flowers, Ruban Rouge fits perfectly into a large rose bed or planted in a trio in a well-maintained small garden. It adapts to all soils that are not too dry and to all climates, tolerating both rain and heat. It pairs perfectly with pale pink roses like 'Prince Jardinier', or white roses like 'Fée des Neiges'. Also consider lovely plants such as the royal lily, perennial geraniums, Artemisia 'Powis Castle', or bellflowers to accompany it.