Rosa Priory Dawn - Hybrid Tea Rose

PRIORY DAWN® 'ORAsiatel' bush rose combines the perfection of a cluster-flowered rose, a beautiful fragrance and a colour that seems lit from within. Its large turbinate flowers blend coral pink with warm yellow, clearly visible at the centre and base of the petals. They appear successively from summer to autumn on a tall, upright and vigorous bush. This variety has a place in a rose bed, near a path or in a garden dedicated to home-grown bouquets.

PRIORY DAWN® belongs to the hybrid tea roses, which horticultural classification places among bush roses with large flowers. These varieties produce large, well-formed corollas on stems long enough for cutting. In ‘ORAsiatel’, the elongated flower buds open into 10 cm turbinate flowers, very double and made up of 50 to 60 petals. A stem most often bears a single rose, sometimes a small cluster of two or three. Coral pink dominates, while warm yellow shows at the base of the petals and brightens the flower. Powerful, rich and enveloping, its fragrance is among the main qualities of this selection. It is presented under the Parfums de Lyon® label, a collection in which Orard brings together roses chosen notably for their fragrance and which celebrate Lyon's rose-growing heritage. Repeat flowering, it flowers in waves from June to October, and even until the first frosts in a mild climate. This is a vigorous, upright bush, 1 to 1.10 m tall and around 60 cm wide. Its deciduous foliage, absent in winter, consists of leaves with five or seven oval, toothed leaflets, bright green in colour. The stems bear prickles. The foliage shows very good resistance to common rose diseases. Bred in France by Pierre Orard, this rose was introduced by Roseraies Orard in 2026. PRIORY DAWN® is its trade name and ‘ORAsiatel’ its official varietal designation. Its name evokes the first light of day on the stones of a priory. The Orard nursery chose this image to convey the meeting of coral pink and yellow.

This Priory Dawn® variety deserves a prime position near a terrace or along a path, where you can enjoy its fragrance while picking its long stems. With an upright habit, it fits into a large romantic border or a contemporary rose garden; its very warm colouring will combine well with more muted colours. Penstemon 'Sour Grapes', Campanula lactiflora 'Prichard's Variety', Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty', Cotinus 'Lilla' and 'Anastasia' rose provide a setting in shades of amethyst, lavender blue, copper, purple and ivory. These plants also provide material for enriching bouquets.