Rosa Broceliande - Standard Rose

The Broceliande Standard Rose forms a unique small tree, covered in variegated flowers from summer to autumn, which doesn't go unnoticed in the garden. It stands out not only for its distinctive habit but also for the colour of its flowers, variegated and striated in different shades of pink, red, ivory, and pale yellow, and finally for its powerful fruity fragrance. This award-winning variety is highly floriferous, easy to cultivate, and highly resistant to diseases. Its perfectly formed flowers are stunning in homemade bouquets!

Standard roses are obtained by grafting a variety (in this case, the Broceliande bush rose) onto a single, upright stem belonging to a different rose (Rosa canina, R. laxa, or R. multiflora), with the graft being made at a certain height, here at 90 - 100 cm (35 - 39in) from the ground. In very cold regions, it may be useful to protect the rootstock in winter.

'Broceliande (Adaterhuit) is a modern rose with large, highly fragrant flowers obtained by Adam in 1997. It was awarded in 2004 in the 'roses with noble flowers' category at the International New Roses Competition in Lyon, and received prizes in Paris, Orléans, Monza, and Geneva. Grafted onto a standard rose, it has a characteristic habit consisting of a slender, upright trunk topped with a bushy crown. Its branches are sturdy and bear a very elegant, very healthy foliage, of a glossy dark green colour, with low susceptibility to diseases. Throughout the summer, if faded flowers are removed, the plant continuously produces large, uniquely shaped roses, measuring 8 cm (3in) in diameter, opening into slightly globular cups. They are solitary, sometimes grouped in two or three, carried at the ends of long shoots from the current year or emerging from 2-year-old stems. The repeat flowering is also characterised by a fruity and powerful fragrance. The deciduous foliage falls in autumn.

This Broceliande Standard Rose, with its elegant habit, unique colour, and delicious fragrance, is ideal at the centre of a bed of delicate perennials, along a pathway, near a patio, as a specimen in a well-tended small garden, or in a large pot on a balcony. Its rich colour can be challenging to match, but it can be combined, for example, with white or pink phlox, red penstemons, chamomiles, fuchsia pink shrubby salvias, as well as with the dark foliage of boxwoods, Distylium (x) Blue Cascade, and cotoneaster. Its cut flowers, with good longevity, are naturally perfect for bouquets.