Rosa floribunda The Times

Rosa The Times, also known by its name Mariandel, is a variety with dense, low and wide vegetation. It is resistant to rain and heat, and requires little maintenance. It is suitable for ornamental use in flower beds and borders, where it can form a flowering ground cover for months. Its intense red double flowers bloom in clusters, highlighted by shiny dark green foliage that remains attractive throughout the season. The flowers emit a light scent of wild rose.

Rosa The Times was introduced in 1985 by the German rose breeder Kordes, renowned for his particularly robust creations. It is a bed variety belonging to floribunda roses, which produce flowers grouped in clusters. The bush has a flexible and well-branched habit. It quickly reaches a height of 60cm (24in) and a width of 70 to 80cm (28 to 32in). Its roses emerge from pointed buds. They measure on average 7cm (3in) in width and have a turbinate shape, with many well-organised velvety petals. Their colour is a very bright blood red. Each flower exudes a light and pleasant scent of wild rose. The young shoots are coppery to purplish in colour. The mature foliage is divided into small, pointed, leathery leaflets of a shiny dark green colour, and is resistant to rose diseases. The plant is deciduous in winter.

This charming and cheerful rose is perfect for flower beds, planted in groups of 3 plants, in large borders at the forefront of a shrub bed, or along a pathway. It also adapts well to container cultivation, on a patio or balcony. You can plant it with other ground cover roses or landscape roses, as well as with many perennials or annuals with light flowering such as perennial geraniums, cornflowers, or catmints. Also consider pairing it with small herbaceous clematis with violet, blue, or white flowers.