Rosa x moschata Heavenly Pink

Rosa Heavenly Pink lives up to its name, as its abundant flowering in opulent clusters resembles a sky filled with pink clouds. Its beautiful pyramidal inflorescences host tiny old-fashioned rosettes that have a beautiful colour and are pleasantly scented. This beautiful landscape shrub has vigorous growth, an upright habit, and healthy foliage. It blooms from early summer to autumn. It can be planted alone, in a border, in a small hedge, a perennial bed, or in a pot. Its flowers are delightful in bouquets.

Rosa Heavenly Pink 'LENnedi' is a creation of L. Lens dating back to 1997. It is derived, among others, from the musk rose (Rosa x moschata), a spontaneous hybrid probably originating from Asia Minor or the Middle East. Like polyanthas and floribundas, roses in this family produce flowers gathered in clusters, but their colours are more refined and they have a more flexible and graceful habit. Rosa Heavenly Pink has rapid and vigorous growth. It forms an upright, bushy habit. This shrub reaches about 1m (3ft) in all directions. Its flexible and thorny stems bear leaves divided into elongated leaflets of a vibrant green. The foliage is generally free from diseases. Flowering begins in June and sporadically renews in summer if the soil does not dry out too much. The late summer bloom is as generous as the June flowering. It takes the form of long, large pyramidal clusters composed of numerous small double flowers with a 4cm (2in) diameter. Their colour is a pretty fresh pink, almost pearly, which fades slightly over time. The centres of the corollas, occupied by golden stamens, reveal themselves late, offering themselves to bees and other pollinators. The hardiness of this rose is estimated at -15°C (5°F).

Rosa Heavenly Pink has been recognised in rose competitions. It received the Certificate of Merit in Paris in 1998 and the First Prize for Landscape Roses in Paris in 2003.

This Heavenly Pink shrub rose is undemanding and easy to grow. The shrub thrives in well-prepared soil and requires no pruning except for the removal of dead wood. Plant it in a small flowering hedge or in a bed with other landscape roses, with perennials such as peonies, irises, and tall phlox, or in the company of other small flowering shrubs with staggered blooms: small lilacs (Syringa microphylla 'Superba'), mock oranges, or Japanese quinces. Also consider combining it with an herbaceous clematis.