Rosa Thierry Marx

Rosa Thierry Marx, named in honour of the famous Michelin-starred chef, combines the charm and fragrance of old-fashioned roses with the floribundity of modern roses. Beyond its ornamental qualities, it is a vigorous variety that is resistant to diseases. Its roses display a truly magnificent colour, with shades ranging from deep pink-violet at the centre to pale lilac-pink at the edges. Their fragrance matches their beauty, and is dominated by citrus notes. This bush rose will be appreciated in the garden for its robustness. Its flowers are sublime in romantic bouquets.

Rosa Thierry Marx is a floribunda bush rose launched in 2019 by the rosarian Delbard, belonging to the series of roses 'The Grand Scents'. This slightly stiff bushy and upright shrub reaches an average height of 90cm (35in) with a spread of 60cm (24in) at maturity. It has a rapid growth rate. It produces strong, thorny branches that bear beautiful shiny dark green foliage divided into large toothed leaflets. Throughout summer, the plant produces waves of 8cm (3in) flowers, with an imperfect turbinate shape that is characteristic of the hybrid tea rose category. The double flowers consist of 60 satin petals that evolve from deep pink-violet to very light lilac, creating a beautiful gradient from the centre of the flower to the periphery. Their fragrance is pronounced and rich. It features a discreet background note of undergrowth, a typical rose heart note, and a top note composed of lemongrass, grapefruit, and lemon. The flowers are solitary or grouped in small bouquets, carried at the ends of long shoots from the current year or by those that emerge from 2-year-old stems. The roses will continue to bloom if faded flowers are regularly removed. The foliage is disease-resistant under good growing conditions. 

As the rosarian Delbard explains about 'The Grand Scents' roses: "Each of these roses has an intense, very personal fragrance, composed of olfactory notes assembled in an original way. Fleeting or more tenacious, flowery or woody, these notes leave an unforgettable trail like a perfume from a high-end brand".

Rosa Thierry Marx is superb in flower beds, in groups of 3 plants, in large monochrome borders, or in combination with white, pink, or purple roses. It also blends well with light shrubs, perennials, and annuals such as paniculate gypsophila, bellflowers, paniculate phlox, or tall foxgloves. It can be displayed in front of a boxwood or yew hedge, or, conversely, surrounded by a miniature hedge or a carefully organised maze, as in Italian or French gardens. One can also plant a climbing herbaceous clematis with blue flowers like Clematis heracleifolia or a Sollya heterophylla in mild climates at its base. Its roses are stunning in bouquets, paired with lilies and hydrangeas in summer or asters in autumn.