Rosa Societe Nationale d'Horticulture de France 'Delflouge' - Bush Rose

The rose Société Nationale d’Horticulture de France® is a Delbard creation that pays tribute to the Société Nationale d’Horticulture de France. It is a floribunda characterised by its clusters of large, intense red flowers, very repeat flowering, compact habit and good disease resistance. In flower beds, large borders and small gardens, this bush is decorative from spring to autumn.

This cultivar belongs to the Rosaceae family. It is a modern hybrid rose classified in the Floribunda horticultural group, with clustered flowers. It was bred in France by the Georges Delbard Nurseries and Rose Gardens, selected at Malicorne in the Allier, then christened in Paris on 22 May 2025 at the headquarters of the Société Nationale d’Horticulture de France. It is a thorny and deciduous shrub, like most garden roses.
The plant forms a small, dense, vigorous and well-branched bush, reaching 80 to 100 cm in height with a spread of about 50 cm at maturity. Its growth is regular, it fairly quickly forms a well-balanced specimen. The foliage, deciduous, is dark green, rather glossy, and retains a good appearance throughout the season thanks to good resistance to powdery mildew and downy mildew. The flowers open in clusters from May to October, until the first frosts. They measure around 9 cm in diameter, have 60 to 80 petals and display an intense, bright red colour that remains stable. Their fragrance is light but pleasant, with fresh notes of citrus, a heart of old rose and a subtly woody base. The main asset of this rose is its regularity: while many roses produce only one large flush of flowers, then sporadic reblooms, this one renews its clusters over many months.
This variety was created to pay tribute to the SNHF, an institution founded in 1827, with which the Delbard family has long been associated.

In the garden, this rose can be placed in a sunny border, a wide bed, in a small group of three specimens or in a low hedge. To accompany it, you can choose plants with a softer, more upright habit or other roses of a similar size. The Nepeta nervosa ‘Neptune’ forms a large blue mound that is very floriferous, the Stachys monieri ‘Hummelo’ offers tall, violet-pink spikes, the shrubby sage Salvia jamensis ‘Flammenn’ is a perfect match with its bright red flowers, the Agastache ‘Black Adder’ will take over in late summer. To edge a path, mix this bush with the rose Carte Blanche®, pure white, and the variety 'Berleburg', a deep pink.