Rosa x floribunda Birthday Rose Bio

Rosa Birthday Rose is an organic rose bush with. It is as ornamental as it is delicious. It produces medium-sized, fully double, old-fashioned style roses that are clustered in bouquets. They boast a lovely fresh pink colour and are pleasantly fragrant. Its flowers, buds, and edible petals are tasty and have a slightly citrus aroma, which works wonders in fruit salads, confectionery, jams, and jellies. This compact bush is naturally resistant to diseases. It blooms in successive waves from June to October. It is perfect in flower beds and pots. Its flowers are sublime in bouquets and can be used to decorate plates and festive cakes.

This small floribunda rose belongs to a new series called Gourmet Roses, selected for their natural disease resistance, compact growth, and fragrant and tasty flowers. These floriferous roses are adapted to organic cultivation. They provide an abundance of delicious and delicate flowers to use and enjoy in the garden, on a patio, and in the kitchen.

Birthday Rose forms a small bush measuring an average of 70cm (28in) in height and 40cm (16in) in width. Its growth rate is fast. Its thorny stems are covered with lush, dark green foliage that is resistant to diseases under proper growing conditions. The deciduous foliage falls in autumn. The flowers bloom tirelessly between June and October. They are medium-sized (7 to 8cm (3in)), cup-shaped, and organised in quarters like old-fashioned roses. Each one opens in a fairly bright pink colour, but quickly fades to a fresh pink and then a tender pink over the course of hours. The flowering takes the form of clusters with several flowers. Their fragrance is moderately pronounced, with a rural and fruity character, and is more noticeable in calm and warm weather.

Birthday Rose will create a charming small flower bed when planted in small groups of 3 to 5 plants alongside purple, white, blue, or mauve flowers. Pair it with annual delphiniums, perennial flax, lavender, or pink to white digitalis, for example. It will add a romantic touch to perennial flower beds and large borders. Roses go perfectly with catmints, lavender, bellflowers, paniculate baby's breath, and herbaceous or climbing clematis. You can plant it in front of taller shrubs or roses, or use it to fill the base of a small tree.

In the kitchen

Ideally, harvest in the morning. Harvest the petals when the flowers are almost fully open, but not faded (they quickly lose their aroma). Only consume flowers from untreated plants. You can use them in confectionery, to flavour jellies, jams, fruit salads, prepare syrup, or to flavour drinks.